Apple 5-Core A16 vs Apple S9 Full Specs

Summary

640 Shaders 1.34GHz	128 Shaders 440MHz
Shared Memory51.2GB/sLPDDR5	Shared Memory25.6GB/sLPDDR5
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 112.6 GFLOPS
Form Factor iGPU	Form Factor iGPU
TDP Shared	TDP Shared

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Memory Bandwidth

5-Core A161.71 TFLOPSFP16

x15.20

S9112.6 GFLOPSFP16

x1

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed1338MHz UC·Boost·OC	Clock Speed440MHz UC·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 1.71 TFLOPSFP16	Peak OPS 112.6 GFLOPSFP16
FP32 1.71 TFLOPS	FP32 112.6 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 26.8 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 1.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 53.5 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 3.5 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 640 Shaders	Shaders 128 Shaders
TMUs 40 TMUs	TMUs 8 TMUs
ROPs 20 ROPs	ROPs 4 ROPs
EUs 80 EUs	EUs 16 EUs

Clocks

Boost Clock 1.34GHz

Boost Clock 440MHz

Cache

L2 Cache 512KB shared

L2 Cache -

Memory

Shared MemoryLPDDR5	Shared MemoryLPDDR5
Memory Bus 64-bit	Memory Bus 32-bit
Memory Speed 6.4GT/s	Memory Speed 6.4GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 51.2GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 25.6GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Video Output

Max Resolution 3840x2160	Max Resolution 502x410
Refresh Rate Calculator 3840x2160 Resolution4K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator -
Multi-Monitor 1	Multi-Monitor 1
DSC Not Supported	DSC Not Supported

Card

Form Factor iGPU

Form Factor iGPU

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
Chip Designer Apple	Chip Designer Apple
Architecture Apple Gen 5	Architecture Apple Gen 6
Family A Series	Family S Series
Branding	Branding
Codename G15P	Codename G15M
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartwatch
Release Date Sep 16, 2022	Release Date Sep 12, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N4P	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 115mm²	Die Size 41mm²
Transistor Count 16B	Transistor Count 5.6B
Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 135 MTr/mm²

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