Apple A9X

Apple A9X
	Apple A9X
General information
Marketed by	Apple
Announced	November 2015
Manufactured by	TSMC 16FF ("16 nm");
Specifications
Transistors	>3 billion;
CPU(s)	2; 2x Apple Twister @ 2.26 GHz;
GPU	12x PowerVR GTA7850 @ 650 MHz
RAM	LPDDR4-3200
Modem	not available;
Architecture and classification
Application	Tablets
Process node	16 nm
Architecture	ARM
Microarchitecture	Apple Twister
Instruction set	ARMv8.0-A (64-bit)
Cache
Cache L1	64 KiB + 64 KiB
Cache L2	3 MB
Identification
Model(s)	APL1021;
Marketing name(s)	Apple A9X;
Variant(s)	Apple A9
Core name(s)	Apple Twister;
History
Predecessor	Apple A8X
Successor	Apple A10X

Apple A9X is a tablet processor from Apple, announced in November, 2015.

Devices

Apple processors [e]
Mobile	Apple A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 Pro A18 (A18 Pro)
PC	Apple M1 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M2 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M3 (Pro, Max) Apple M4
Tablet	Apple A5X A6X A8X A9X A10X A12X/A12Z
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