The Apple A9 and A9X, the company’s latest processors made their debut along with the new iPhones (iPhone 6s and 6s Plus) and the biggest iPad yet – the Apple iPad Pro.
Both 3rd generation 64-bit chip are built using new “transistor architecture” which obviously refers to Samsung’s 14nm FinFET production process and their performances according to Apple is ‘Desktop-Class’.
Starting with the 64-bit Apple A9 chipset, the processor is an upgrade over the A8 which debuted last year, and is fully optimised for real-world use. The A9 chipset is 70 percent faster and the GPU is 90 percent faster than its predecessor.
There is a new M9 motion co-processor built into the chipset which lets users activate Siri using the voice command – “Hey Siri”, without plugging the device in or pressing any button. It also comes with a new LTE advanced Modem which supports 23 LTE Bands around the world making the iPhones suitble for roaming and supports up to 300Mbps download speed.
The Apple A9X is more powerful version of the Apple A9. The 3rd-genertion 64-bit chip is 80 percent faster than the Apple A8X on the iPad Air 2 released last year and the GPU is twice faster. It also offers twice the memory bandwidth and faster storage performance of the A8X.
In terms of performance also, Apple claims the A9X is faster than about 80 percent of the Portable PCs released in the past 12 months and the graphics is said to be 90 percent faster.
These are bold claims by Apple but the company showed of a 3D medical app as well as the AutoCAD software, so we actually believe the Apple A9X has the capability to handle almost all (if not all) the task thrown it’s way until another Apple iPad Pro makes its debut.
Source: Apple
