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Apple A9 vs Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712)
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A9
80 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
53 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A9
97 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
63 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A9
100 %
Apple A9
Broadcom VideoCore VII
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Broadcom BCM (3) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Broadcom BCM2712 (1) |
| Architecture | A9 | Cortex-A76 |
| Technology | 16 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | Raspberry Pi 4 B (Broadcom BCM2711) |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Twister | 4x Cortex-A76 |
| Frequency: | 1.85 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 2.40 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 2.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A9 | Broadcom VideoCore VII |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.80 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 8 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 2 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Hailo-8L | |
| AI specifications | Expansion: AI-Kit Hailo-8L @ 13 TOPS (2.3 watts) | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 4 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 2.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 12 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 88 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Raspberry Pi 5 B (Broadcom BCM2712) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11 (ARM), Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2023 |
| Release price | 79 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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