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Apple A5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A5
28 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A5
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5
10 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 625
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 506
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625/626 (2) |
| Architecture | A5 | Cortex-A53 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Cortex-A9 | 8x Cortex-A53 |
| Frequency: | 1.00 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno 506 |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.65 - 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | / 96 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q4/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | Hexagon 546 | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | ||
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q2/2016 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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