Apple S9

S9

Apple S3

S3

Apple S9 vs Apple S3 Full Specs

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

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

2 Cores
2 Cores
2 Threads
2 Threads

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

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

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

TDP
2W
TDP
2W

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

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

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

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

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