How Much Faster?

iPhone 6s

A9, September 2015

Scores

Single-core

No data

Multi-core

No data

GPU (Metal)

No data

Keynote claim, measured

“A9, Apple’s third-generation 64-bit chip powers these innovations with 70 percent faster CPU and 90 percent faster GPU performance than the A8, all with gains in energy efficiency for great battery life.”

Compares CPU and GPU (Metal) with the A8 in the iPhone 6.

iPhone 6s announcement, September 2015, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 6s announcement, September 2015

CPU

Claimed +70%

No data

GPU

Claimed +90%

No data

iPhone base single-core, by generation

DeviceSingle-coreChange over the previous generation
iPhone 5c, 2013No dataFirst in this line
iPhone 6, 2014about 350No data
iPhone 6s, 2015, this deviceNo data
iPhone 7, 2016No data
iPhone 8, 2017No data
iPhone XR, 2018No data
iPhone 11, 2019No data
iPhone 12, 2020No data
iPhone 13, 2021No data
iPhone 14, 2022No data
iPhone 15, 2023No data
iPhone 16, 2024No data
iPhone 17, 2025No data

Against other devices

The iPhone 6s has no scores to compare.