Apple A9 vs A19 Pro
We compared the 2-core Apple A9 (PowerVR GT7600) with the newer 6-core A19 Pro (Apple A19 Pro GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A19 Pro
- Performs 10x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 6x) AnTuTu 11 score β 2538K vs 419K
- Supports 415% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 14 nm)
- Has 4 more cores
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.5x)
- 130% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 1850 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 162356 | 753740 |
| GPU | 70340 | 926158 |
| Memory | 60725 | 217137 |
| UX | 126249 | 641716 |
| Total score | 419670 | 2538751 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [23 tests] |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 44.6 MB/sec | 338.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 14.2 pages/sec | 246.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 32 Mpixels/sec | 235.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 7.3 images/sec | 358.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 40.2 Mpixels/sec | 337.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.89 images/sec | 43.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 7.75 images/sec | 109.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 1.28 Mpixels/sec | 10.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 3 tests | 16 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.83 images/sec | 96.5 images/sec |
| Face detection | 6.17 images/sec | 104.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.1 Gpixels/sec | 1.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.14 Gpixels/sec | 1.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | 3.46 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.61 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 7.82 Gpixels/sec | 119 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 299.1 FPS | 4071.9 FPS |
| API | Metal | Metal |
| Samples | 4 tests | 9 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | - | 2487 |
| Stability | - | 76% |
| Graphics test | - | 18 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 10999 |
| Graphics test | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 47 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 42 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 36 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Apple A9
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3180 |
| π 2026-05-13 (TestGame) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 644 / 901 |
| π 2024-07-04 (Red) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3195 |
| π 2024-06-26 (Heaven) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 3185 |
| π 2024-06-26 (Heaven) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 633 / 1014 |
Apple A19 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-21 (Md.Imran Shafiq) | AnTuTu 11 | 2602137 |
| π 2026-09-16 (Anatoli) | AnTuTu 11 | 2304042 |
| π 2026-07-31 (xon1005) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4028 / 10579 |
| π 2026-06-15 (Domi) | AnTuTu 11 | 2427596 |
| π 2026-06-09 (Cristiano) | AnTuTu 11 | 2258714 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Apple A9 and A19 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 1.85 GHz β Twister | 2x 4.26 GHz β 4x 2.6 GHz β |
| Cores | 2 | 6 |
| Frequency | 1850 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | - |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | PowerVR GT7600 | Apple A19 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 6 | 6 |
| Shading units | 32 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 192 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 249.6 Gigaflops | 2488.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple M9 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 35 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 1333 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gb/s | 76.8 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2048 x 1536 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 3x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm MDM9635M | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 6 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 450 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2015 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1021 | APL1V12 |
| Successor | - Apple A19 Pro | - |
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