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Apple A9X vs Apple M4 (8-CPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 20 %
Apple A9X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 13 %
Apple A9X
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 20 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
763
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
3,767
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A9X
Apple A9X 15 %
Apple A9X
499
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8 Core)
3,408

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)Apple M4 (7)
ArchitectureA9M4
Technology16 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A8XApple M3
SuccessorApple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Twister
2.26 GHz
4x Donan P-Core
0.91 - 4.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Donan E-Core
0.90 - 2.85 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB20.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
GPU nameApple A9XApple M4 (8 Core)
GPU frequency0.65 GHz0.34 - 1.58 GHz
CUs / Shader48 / 384128 / 1024
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory4 GB24 GB
Technology16 nm3 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB24 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
TDP8 W18 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A9XApple M4 (8-CPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS, iPadOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv9.2-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation, AVX2, SME
Release dateQ3/2015Q4/2024
Release price
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Your rating

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Apple A9X
Apple A9X
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 0.91 - 4.46 GHz

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