Apple A9X
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The Apple A9X is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models, offering significantly enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over its predecessors.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Apple A9X canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5497972 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple A9X Context triple: [Apple A-series, includesModel, Apple A9X]
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A.
Apple A9
The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powers devices like the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, offering significant performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessors.
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B.
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models and Apple TV 4K, offering enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over the A10.
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C.
Apple A10 Fusion
The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
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D.
Apple A11 Bionic
Apple A11 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for iPhones, notable for significantly boosting performance and efficiency while enabling advanced machine learning and augmented reality features.
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E.
Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for its iPad Pro lineup, featuring powerful CPU and GPU capabilities optimized for demanding mobile computing and graphics tasks.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apple A9X Target entity description: The Apple A9X is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models, offering significantly enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over its predecessors.
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A.
Apple A9
The Apple A9 is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple that powers devices like the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, offering significant performance and efficiency improvements over its predecessors.
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B.
Apple A10X Fusion
Apple A10X Fusion is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models and Apple TV 4K, offering enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over the A10.
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C.
Apple A10 Fusion
The Apple A10 Fusion is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple, notable for introducing a quad-core CPU with a performance/efficiency core architecture used in devices like the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus.
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D.
Apple A11 Bionic
Apple A11 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for iPhones, notable for significantly boosting performance and efficiency while enabling advanced machine learning and augmented reality features.
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E.
Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for its iPad Pro lineup, featuring powerful CPU and GPU capabilities optimized for demanding mobile computing and graphics tasks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | system-on-a-chip ⓘ |
| architecture | 64-bit ⓘ |
| category | mobile SoC ⓘ |
| codename | A9X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
CPU cores
ⓘ
GPU cores ⓘ cache memory ⓘ memory controller ⓘ |
| cpuCoreCount | 2 ⓘ |
| cpuCoreName | Twister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cpuType | dual-core ⓘ |
| designer | Apple Inc. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fabricationProcess | TSMC 16FF+ NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| family | Apple Ax series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
enhanced CPU performance over Apple A8X
ⓘ
enhanced GPU performance over Apple A8X ⓘ integrated GPU ⓘ integrated memory controller ⓘ |
| firstUsedInDevice | iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st generation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| generation | ninth-generation Apple Ax SoC ⓘ |
| gpu | PowerVR 7XT series custom variant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gpuCoreCount | 12 ⓘ |
| gpuVendor | Imagination Technologies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instructionSetArchitecture | ARMv8-A NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introductionDate | September 2015 ⓘ |
| manufacturer | TSMC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| marketedAs | desktop-class performance ⓘ |
| memoryBusWidth | 128-bit ⓘ |
| memoryTypeSupported | LPDDR4 ⓘ |
| optimizedFor |
graphics-intensive applications
ⓘ
multimedia workloads ⓘ productivity applications ⓘ |
| platform |
iOS
ⓘ
iPadOS ⓘ |
| predecessor | Apple A8X NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| processNode | 16 nm FinFET ⓘ |
| successor | Apple A10X Fusion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supports |
64-bit apps
ⓘ
Metal ⓘ OpenGL ES 3.x NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetDeviceType | tablet ⓘ |
| targetProductLine | iPad Pro NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| useCase | high-performance tablet computing ⓘ |
| usedInDevice |
iPad Pro (12.9-inch, 1st generation)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
iPad Pro (9.7-inch) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Apple A9X Description of subject: The Apple A9X is a high-performance 64-bit ARM-based system-on-a-chip designed by Apple for use in iPad Pro models, offering significantly enhanced CPU and GPU capabilities over its predecessors.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.