iPhone 6
iPhone 6S Plus
1 chip
A9 (2c CPU / 6c GPU)
iPhone 6S
1 chip
A9 (2c CPU / 6c GPU)
iPhone 6 Plus
1 chip
A8 (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
iPhone 6
1 chip
A8 (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Chip Comparison
| Spec | A9 2c CPU / 6c GPU |
A8 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| CPU Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Performance Cores | 2 | 2 |
| Performance CPU Name | Twister | Typhoon |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 1.85 | 1.4 |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| GPU | ||
| GPU cores | 6 | 4 |
| GPU Frequency (GHz) | 650 | – |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | PowerVR | PowerVR |
| Memory | ||
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR3 |
| Memory options (GB) | 2 | 1 |
| Media Engine | ||
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC |
H264 |
| Semiconductor Tech | ||
| Process node (nm) | 16 | 20 |
| Transistors (billion) | – | 2 |
| Die size (mm²) | – | 89 |
| Part number | APL1022 | APL1011 |
| Release date | 2015-09-09 | 2014-09-09 |