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Apple A5X vs AMD A12-9720P

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A5X
Apple A5X 3 %
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
26
AMD A12-9720P
AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
782

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At a glance

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
FamilyApple A series (27)AMD A (112)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)AMD A12-9700 (2)
ArchitectureA5Excavator (Bristol Ridge)
Technology32 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketFP4
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Cortex-A9 4x Excavator
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 2.70 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.90 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)AMD Radeon R7 - 512 (Bristol Ridge)
GPU frequency0.20 GHz0.76 GHz
CUs / Shader8 / 648 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays12
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology45 nm28 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q2/2016

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR4-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB64 GB
Memory channels42
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
TDP15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.90 °C

Technical details

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Apple A5XAMD A12-9720P
Chip designChipletUnknown
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, FMA4
Release dateQ1/2011Q4/2016
Release price
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Apple A5X
Apple A5X
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
AMD A12-9720P
AMD A12-9720P
4C / 4T · 2.70 - 3.60 GHz

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