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NVIDIA Tegra X1 vs Apple A9X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 40 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9X
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 64 %
NVIDIA Tegra X1
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

NVIDIA Tegra X1
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
308
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
763
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

NVIDIA Tegra X1
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
798
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,251
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

NVIDIA Tegra X1
NVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)
512
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 98 %
Apple A9X
499

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At a glance

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
FamilyNVIDIA Tegra (2)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupNVIDIA Tegra X1 (2)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A57/-A53A9
Technology20 nm16 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A8X
SuccessorApple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Cortex-A57
2.00 GHz
2x Twister
2.26 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache2.50 MB3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
GPU nameNVIDIA Tegra X1 (Maxwell)Apple A9X
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.00 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader2 / 25648 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory2 GB4 GB
Technology20 nm16 nm
Release dateQ1/2017Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB4 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
TDP7 W8 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down5 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
NVIDIA Tegra X1Apple A9X
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2017Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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NVIDIA Tegra X1
NVIDIA Tegra X1
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Apple A9X
Apple A9X
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz

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