Generel Characteristics:
Designer	Apple
Type:	A9 APL0898
Codename:	S8000
Year Released:	2015
Function	Multi-core Application Processor
Collapse datasheet \| Add to compare Architecture:
Width of Machine Word	64 bit
Supported Instruction Set(s):	ARMv8-A (A32, A64)
Pipeline Stages	14 pipeline stages
Number of processor core(s):	2
Type of processor core(s)	2x Apple Twister cores
Buses:
Memory Interface(s):	mobile (LP) DDR4 SDRAM
Max. Clock Frequency of Memory IF	1600 MHz
Data Bus Width	32 bit
Number of data bus channels:	2 ch
Max. Data Rate	25.6 Gbyte/s
Non-volatile Memory Interface	eMMC 5.0 , moviNAND , NAND Flash Interface , SATA
Clock Frequencies:
Recommended Maximum Clock Frequency:	1840 MHz max.
Cache Memories:
L1 Instruction Cache per Core	64 Kbyte I-Cache
L1 Data Cache per Core	64 Kbyte D-Cache
Total L2 Cache	3072 Kbyte L2
Total L3 Cache:	4096 Kbyte L3
Technology and Packaging:
Feature Size	14 nm
Semiconductor Technology:	FinFET
Fab	Samsung
Graphical Subsystem:
Embedded GPU	IMG PowerVR GT7600 GPU
Number of GPU cores:	6-core GPU
GPU Clock:	650 MHz GPU
Collapse datasheet Cellular Communication:
Supported Cellular Data Links	No
Communication Interfaces:
Supported USB Specification:	USB 2.0 , USB 3.0 / USB 3.1 Gen 1 / USB 3.2 Gen 1x1
Bluetooth support	No
Wireless LAN support	No
Supported Audio/Video Interface:	HDMI (Unspecified) , DisplayPort (Unspecified) , HDMI 1.3 , HDMI 1.3a , HDMI 1.4
Satellite Navigation:
Supported GPS protocol(s):	GPS (NMEA 0183)
Additional Information:
Special Features: 2x Custom Apple Twister 64-bit ARMv8-compatible (AArch32-AArch64) Harvard Superscalar processor cores, HMP, ARM VFPv4, 4 Mbyte (victim) L3 cache, 2160p video encode, 2160p video decode, OpenCL 1.2, OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX 11
Datasheet Attributes:
Data Integrity	Preliminary
Added	2015-09-07 10:57

Apple A9 APL0898 (S8000) datasheet

Supported Audio/Video Interface: displayport

Predecessor

Apple A8X APL1012 (T7001)

2014, 64 bit, tri-core, 64 Kbyte I-Cache, 64 Kbyte D-Cache, 2048 Kbyte L2, 4096 Kbyte L3, 20 nm, IMG PowerVR GX6850 GPU |