Apple A9 vs Apple M3 iPad
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
4x 4.05 GHz –4x 2.75 GHz –
Frequency
1850 MHz
4050 MHz
Cores
2
8
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
64 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
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Process
14 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
2
25
TDP
5 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Graphics
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
Apple M3 GPU
GPU frequency
650 MHz
1520 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
32
144
Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
1.2
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DirectX version
11
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR4
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
2x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
14.9 Gbit/s
102.4 Gb/s
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
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Storage type
NVMe
NVMe
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
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5G support
No
Yes
Download speed
Up to 450 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 150 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
5
6
Bluetooth
4.2
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Info
Announced
Sep 2015
Oct 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1022
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AI
NPU
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Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
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18 TOPS
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
285,954
2,143,122
Geekbench 6
623
3,037
Geekbench 6
957
11,776
FP32 (float)
249
3,502
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.