According to HTC, the Nexus 9 is powered by the Nvidia Tegra K1 CPU, a dual-core CPU. The performance isn't far off the full capabilities of 2013 flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Besides, this is the second version of the K1, using a more advanced architecture than the A15-based version used in the Nvidia Shield Tablet. And it has a 8-megapixel rear camera.

Though the Nexus 9 has an 8.9-inch screen, it's still a fair bit smaller than the Apple 9.7-inch iPad Air,

In the Geekbench 3 benchmark, it scores 3562 points total, and 2038 per core. That’s an extremely good score, besting the Snapdragon 805 version of the Galaxy Note 4. It's better than the similarly priced iPad Air but a lot less than the iPad Air 2 scores, based on an earlier report.

The Nexus 9 has a 6700mAh battery. Nexus 9 comes in 16GB and 32GB of WiFi version along with the 32GB LTE version, Nexus 9 is priced at NT$12,900 for the basic version.