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Apple A9/A9X processor

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TSMC 16nm FinFET process SAMSUNG 14nm FinFET process
104.5mm? 96mm?

6. M9

APL1022/APLO898

- TSMC 16nm FinFET/SAMSUNG 14nm FinFET process
- Apple 34 generation ARM v8a architecture

- Integrated M9 motion coprocessor

- Imagination PowerVR Series 7 GPU

- 4-channel 16-bits LPDDR4

- MIPI-DSI/MIPI-CSI/eDP(?)

- PCle, 2C, UART, USB

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12. iPhone6@

iPhone 65 A1688

> SKYWORKS RF1347

> Texas Instruments S7A6CVI 3539

> Apple A9 processor, Apple customized PoP package

4-channle 16-bits LPDDR4, 16Gb density, Micron/SAMSUNG/SK Hynix

> InvenSense MP-678

> Bosch BMA280

> Qualcomm MDM9635M
> Qualcomm QFE1100

> SKYWORKS SKY77812-19

> TriQuint TAF6405
> AVAGO AFEM-8030

13. iPhone6@

iPhone 65 A1688

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>ALPS HSCDTD007

> NXP 66V10
> Apple 338500105

> Texas Instruments 65730AOP
> Apple 338500120-A1

> SKYWORKS SKY77357-8

> Bosch BMP280

> Main storage, 16GB/64GB/128GB, NVMe SSD
SK Hynix : H230DG8UD1ACS, 16GB
Toshiba : THGBXSG7D2KLFXG, 16GB

> Apple 33851285

> NXP1610A3

> Qualcomm PMD9635

> Qualcomm WTR3925

> Rd G54/ ,, RE Front-End Module
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> Texas Instruments 57A5KXI

> Apple 33851285

>> RFMD RF5150

14. iPhone6@

Rear facing camera

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15. iPhone6@

16. iPhone6@

iPhone 65 Plus A1687

> SKYWORKS RF1347

> Apple A9 processor, Apple customized PoP package

4-channle 16-bits LPDDR4, 16Gb density, Micron/SAMSUNG/SK Hynix

> InvenSense EMS-A

> Qualcomm MDM9635M
> Qualcomm QFE1100

> SKYWORKS SKY77812-19

> TriQuint TOF6405
> Avago AFEM-8030

17. iPhone6@

iPhone 65 Plus A1687
> USI 339500043 WiFi/BT Module

> Skyworks SKY13701

>ALPS HSCDTD007

> NXP 66V10

> Texas Instruments S7A6CVI 3539
> Apple 338500105

> Texas Instruments TPS65730A0P.
> Apple 338500122-A1

> SKYWORKS SKY77357-8
> Bosch BMP280

> Main storage, 16GB/64GB/128GB, NVMe SSD
SK Hynix : H230DG8UD1ACS, 16GB

> Qualcomm PMD9635
> Apple 33851285
> NXP1610A3

> Qualcomm WTR3925
> Murata 240 Front-End Module

> Af G54/Murata(?), RF Front-End Module

Texas Instruments 57A5KXI

> Apple 33851285
> RFMD RF5150

18. iPhone6@

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Manufacturer Device Function
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21. Manufacturer Device

iPhone 65 Model A1688

Murata(?)

iPhone 65 Plus Model
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Processor

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25. Prone6® A9 - CPU Performance

GEEKBENCH 3: SINGLE-CORE Overall Fate point
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iPhone 5S
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GEEKBENCH 3: MULTI-CORE Overall Fat pont
(Higher is better) DM integer ER Memory

iPhone 6S
1.84GHz Apple A9

iPhone 6S Plus
184GHz Apple AS

iPhone6
14GHz Apple A8

iPhone 6 Plus
14GHz Apple A8

iPhone 5S
13GHz Apple AT

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iPhone 6S
184GHz Apple A9

iPhone 6S Plus
184GHz Apple A9

iPad Air 2
15GHz Apple ABX

2015 MacBook
11/2.4GHz Core M-5Y31

2015 MacBook Air
16/2.7GHz Core 15-5250U

28. annie A9 - CPU Performance ES

GEEKBENCH 3: MULTI-CORE Overall Fat pont
(Higher is better) DM integer ER Memory

iPhone 6S
1.84GHz Apple A9

iPhone 6S Plus
184GHz Apple AS

iPad Air2

15GHz Apple ABX

2015 MacBook
11/2.4GHz Core M-5Y31

2015 MacBook Air
1.6/27GHz Core i5-5250U

29. iPhone6@

A9 - CPU Performance

GEEKBENCH 3: SINGLE-CORE Overall Floating point
(Higher is better) HM integer BL Memory

iPhone 6S
1.84GHz Apple A9

iPhone 6S Plus
184GHz Apple AS

Galaxy Note 5
‘2.1GHz Exynos 7420

OnePlus Two
18GHz Snapdragon 810

Moto X Pure
18GHz Snapdragon 808

30. Bel A9 - CPU Performance ES

GEEKBENCH 3: MULTI-CORE Overall Fat pont
(Higher is better) DM integer ER Memory

iPhone 6S
1.84GHz Apple A9

iPhone 6S Plus
184GHz Apple AS

Galaxy Note 5
‘2.1GHz Exynos 7420

OnePlus Two
18GHz Snapdragon 810

Moto X Pure
18GHz Snapdragon 808

31. iPhone 6

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: ONSCREEN TRexHO
Frames per second (higheris better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone6

iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone 5S

32. iPhone 6

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: OFFSCREEN TRexHD
Frames per second (higher is better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone6

iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone 5S

33. iPhone 6

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH METAL: ONSCREEN TRexHD
Frames per second (higher is better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone 6

iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone 5S

iPad Air2

34. iPhone 6

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH METAL: OFFSCREEN TRexHD
Frames per second (higher is better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPhone 6

iPhone 6 Plus

iPhone 5S

iPad Air2

35. iPhone6@

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: ONSCREEN TRexHO
Frames per second (higheris better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPad Air2

2015 MacBook

36. iPhone 6

A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: OFFSCREEN TRexHD
Frames per second (higher is better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

iPad Air2

2015 MacBook

37. annie A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: ONSCREEN TRexHO
Frames per second (higheris better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

Galaxy Note 5

OnePlus Two

Moto X Pure

38. Bel A9 - GPU Performance

GFXBENCH GL 3: OFFSCREEN TRexHD
Frames per second (higher is better)

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iPhone 6S

iPhone 6S Plus

Galaxy Note 5

OnePlus Two

Moto X Pure

39. iPhone6@

A9 - Storage Performance

NVMe SSD

Apple iPhone 65 Plus

pple Phone 6 Plus
Apple iPhone 6

Apple iPad Air 2

Samsung Galaxy S6
Samsung Galaxy 56 edge
OnePlus One

Apple iPhone 5s

LG G4

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro

HTC One (M9)

Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Motorola Moto X (2014)

LG 63

Samsung Galaxy SS LTE-A
Google Nexus 9

Meizu MX4Pro

HTC One (M8)

Samsung Galaxy S 5 (T-Mobile)
Google Nexus 5

Sony Xperia Z3v

Huawei Honor 6

Huawei Ascend Mate 7
Google Nexus 6

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40. iPhone6@

A9 - Storage Performance

NVMe SSD Apple iPhone 65 Plus
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Apple iPhone 6

Apple iPhone 6 Plus

OnePlus One

Samsung Galaxy 56
Samsung Galaxy SE edge
Apple iPhone 5s
Samsung Galaxy Note 4
Meizu MX4Pro

Xiaomi Mi Note Pro

HTC One (M9)

Motorola Moto X (2014)
Samsung Galaxy S5 LTE-A
LG 63

LG G4

HTC One (M8)

Sony Xperia Z3v

Google Nexus 9

Google Nexus 6

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Google Nexus 5

Huawei Honor 6

Huawei Ascend Mate 7

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43. APL1021

- TSMC 16nm FinFET process

- Apple 3° generation ARM v8a architecture, 2.26GHz
- Integrated M9 motion coprocessor

- Imagination PowerVR Series 7 GPU

- 8-channel 16-bits LPDDR4 memory controller

- DisplayPort/MIPI-CSI

- PCle, 2C, UART, USB(?)

- Fingerprint sensor controller

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> Toshiba THGBX5G8DAKLDXG 32GB storage

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> SK Hynix HSHCNNNBTUMLNR-NLH, 16Gb LPDDRA
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> NXP Semiconductor 1610A3

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51. iPad Pro

Manufacturer Device Function
VMEMS

Y Radio Frequency

For Wii + Cellular model

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Manufacturer Device Function

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54. iPad Pro

Processor

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A9X - CPU Performance

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iPad Pro
Apple A9X

iPad Air 2
Apple A8X
iPad Mini 4
Apple A8
iPad Mini 2/3
Apple A7

iPad 2/Mini
Apple A5

iPhone 6S
Apple A9

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GEEKBENCH 3: MULTI-CORE Overall Floating point
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iPad Pro
Apple A9X
iPad Air 2
Apple A8X
iPad Mini 4
Apple A8
iPad Mini 2/3
Apple A7

iPad 2/Mini
Apple A5

iPhone 6S
Apple A9

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iPad Pro
Apple A9X

2015 MacBook
Core M-5Y31

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2015 13” rMBP
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A9X - CPU Performance

GEEKBENCH 3: MULTI-CORE Or Moatingpont
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iPad Pro
Apple A9X

2015 MacBook
Core M-5Y31

2015 MBA
Core i5-5250U

2015 13” rMBP
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Surface Pro 4
Core i5-6300U

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iPad Air 2
iPad Mini 4
iPad Mini 2

Surface Pro 4
Intel HD 520

2015 MacBook
2015 MBA

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