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Apple A5 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
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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
8 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A5
56 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5
1 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
100 %
Qualcomm Adreno 650
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870 (3) |
| Architecture | A5 | Kryo 585 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Cortex-A9 1.00 GHz |
1x Kryo 585 Prime 2.84 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 3x Kryo 585 Gold 2.42 GHz |
|
| Core Cluster 3: | 4x Kryo 585 Silver 1.80 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.75 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | Qualcomm Adreno 650 |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.25 - 0.59 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | 2 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q4/2019 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Qualcomm AI engine | |
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5500 (44.0 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
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Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A5 | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q4/2019 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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