description Apple A9

• Name
  Apple A9
• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series
• Generation
  9
• CPU group
  Apple A9/A9X
• Predecessor
  Apple A8
• Successor
  Apple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.85 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  No turbo
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  2x Twister

• GPU name
  Apple A9
• GPU frequency
  0.65 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  192
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  6
• Technology
  16 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2015

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  Decode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  Decode
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200
• Max. Memory
  2 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  1

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
  5 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• L2-Cache
  3.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A9
• Technology
  16 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2015

• Used in
  Apple iPhone 6sApple iPhone SE (1. Gen)