Apple A9 – CLC Definition

Using the RISC-based ARM CPU architecture, the Apple A series chips provide the equivalent processing power of desktop computers launched only a year or so earlier than the mobile product. Following are all the A series SoCs Apple has used since 2007, including models prior to A. The “X” suffix denotes a higher-performance version of the chip. See process technology,

Other Apple Chips: S, W and T
The S chips are dual-core processors in Apple Watch. The W series refers to wireless chips in AirPods and the Apple Watch. The T series deals with Touch ID and security in Macs (see

 Apple A Series                   Process  Year         Max  Tech       ARM (20xx) Model Clock  nm  bits  CPU   Cores 07 APL0098  412 MHz  90  16  ARM11     1 08 APL0278  533 MHz  36  32  ARM11     1 09 APL0298  600 MHz  65  32  CortexA8  1 09 APL2298  800 MHz  45  32  CortexA8  1 10  A4      1.0 GHz  45  32  CortexA8  1 11  A5      1.0 GHz  32  32  CortexA9  2 12  A5X     1.0 GHz  45  32  CortexA9  2 12  A6      1.3 GHz  32  32  Swift     2 12  A6X     1.4 GHz  32  32  Swift     2 13  A7      1.3 GHz  28  64  Cyclone   2 14  A8      1.5 GHz  20  64  Typhoon   2 14  A8X     1.5 GHz  20  64  Typhoon   3 15  A9      1.8 GHz  14  64  Twister   2 15  A9X     2.3 GHz  16  64  Twister   2 16  A10     2.4 GHz  10  64  Fusion    4 17  A11     2.4 GHz  10  64  Bionic    6 18  A12     2.4 GHz   7  64  Bionic    6 19  A13     2.4 GHz   7  64  Bionic    6 20  A14     2.4 GHz   5  64  Bionic    6 21  A15     2.4 GHz   5  64  Bionic    6 22  A16     2.4 GHz   4  64  Bionic    6 See process technology.

An ARM-based system-on-chip (SoC) family from Apple that provided all the processing in Apple’s mobile devices (iPhones, iPads, iPod touch) until 2021, when Apple began switching to the M1 (see Apple M series ).Using the RISC-based ARM CPU architecture, the Apple A series chips provide the equivalent processing power of desktop computers launched only a year or so earlier than the mobile product. Following are all the A series SoCs Apple has used since 2007, including models prior to A. The “X” suffix denotes a higher-performance version of the chip. See Bionic chip SoC and ARM The S chips are dual-core processors in Apple Watch. The W series refers to wireless chips in AirPods and the Apple Watch. The T series deals with Touch ID and security in Macs (see Apple T series ).