Apple S3

S3

Apple S9

S9

Apple S3 vs Apple S9 Full Specs

2 Cores
2 Threads
780MHz
2 Cores
2 Threads
2.02GHz
TDP
2W
TDP
2W
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
LPDDR4
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
LPDDR5
iGPU
iGPU
··
57.6 GFLOPSFP16
··
112.6 GFLOPSFP16

S3S312.8GB/s
x1
S9S925.6GB/s
x2.00

2 Cores
2 Cores
2 Threads
2 Threads

Base Clock
780MHz
Base Clock
2.02GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
32KB
L1i
128KB
L1d
32KB
L1d
64KB
L2
512KB
L2
4MB shared
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
4MB

Type
LPDDR4
Type
LPDDR5
Max Memory
768MB
Max Memory
2GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
1
Channels
1
Bus Width
32-bit
Bus Width
32-bit
Speed
3200MT/s
Speed
6400MT/s
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
··
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
··
25.6GB/s

TDP
2W
TDP
2W

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
32
Shaders
128
Boost Clock
450MHz
Boost Clock
440MHz
··
57.6 GFLOPSFP16
··
112.6 GFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
-
NPU Model
H15 Crius
NPU Cores
-
NPU Cores
4
Performance
-
Performance
4.3 TOPSFP16

Modem Model
X7
Modem Model
-
Peak Down
Up to 300Mbps
Peak Down
-
Peak Up
Up to 50Mbps
Peak Up
-

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch32
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
S3  branding
Branding
S9  branding
Codename
-
Cortex-A7P-Core
Codename
Caicos
Sawtooth P-Core
Market Segment
Smartwatch
Market Segment
Smartwatch
Release Date
Sep 22, 2017
Release Date
Sep 12, 2023
Part Number
APL S3
Part Number
APL S9

Foundry
Samsung
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
28nm
Fabrication Node
N4P
Die Size
34mm²
Die Size
41mm²
Transistor Count
338M
Transistor Count
5.6B
Transistor Density
10 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
135 MTr/mm²