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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) vs Apple A9
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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
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Apple A9
20 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Apple A9
6 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
12C / 12T · 4.06 GHz
Apple A9
24 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
12C / 12T · 3.80 GHz
Apple A9
7 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple M3 Pro (18 Core)
Apple A9
4 %
Apple A9
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple M series (38) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple M3 (6) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | M3 | A9 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU) | Apple A8 |
| Successor | Apple M4 Pro (14-CPU 20-GPU) | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 12 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x Lobos P-Core 0.70 - 4.06 GHz |
2x Twister 1.85 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 6x Lobos E-Core 0.74 - 2.75 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 36.00 MB | 3.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple M3 Pro (18 Core) | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 288 / 2304 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 36 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (153.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 36 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | macOS, iPadOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple A9
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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