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Apple A5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 800

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A5
Rank 2 - 32 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Multi-core performance
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Apple A5
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A5
Apple A5 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
496
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C / 4T · 2.45 GHz
159

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At a glance

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 800/801 (2)
ArchitectureA5Krait 400
Technology32 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Cortex-A9 4x Krait 400
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 2.45 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)Qualcomm Adreno 330
GPU frequency0.20 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 32 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory
Technology32 nm28 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2013

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP6 V5
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A5Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ1/2011Q2/2013
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
4C / 4T · 2.45 GHz

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