Apple A9

CPU

Architecture

2x 1.85 GHz - Twister

CPU cores

2

Clock speed

1850 MHz

Instruction set

ARMv8-A

Process technology

14 nanometers

Transistors

2 billion

TDP

5 W

Cache and memory

L1 cache

128 KB

L2 cache

3 MB

L3 cache

4 MB

Memory type

LPDDR4

Memory frequency

1333 MHz

Memory bus

2x 16 Bit

Maximum bandwidth

14.9 Gbit/s

Maximum memory

4 GB

Graphics and AI

GPU

PowerVR GT7600

GPU architecture

Rogue

GPU clock

650 MHz

Execution units

6

Shaders

192

Vulkan

1.1

OpenCL

1.2

DirectX

11

Neural processor / NPU

Apple M9

Display and media

Maximum display resolution

1920 x 1080

Maximum camera resolution

1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

Video capture

4K at 30FPS

Video playback

4K at 30FPS

Video codecs

H.264, H.265

Audio codecs

AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

4G

LTE Cat. 6

5G

No

Download speed

Up to 450 Mbps

Upload speed

Up to 150 Mbps

Wi-Fi

5

Bluetooth

4.2

Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

Release

September 2015

Class

Flagship

Model number

APL0898

Storage support

NVMe

Devices in database

13