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Apple A5X vs MediaTek MT6589
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5X
100 %
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
MediaTek MT6589
36 %
PowerVR SGX544
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Mediatek MT-Serie (72) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | MediaTek MT65xx A7 (14) |
| Architecture | A5 | Cortex-A9 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 28 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Cortex-A9 | 4x Cortex-A7 |
| Frequency: | 1.00 GHz | 1.20 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) | PowerVR SGX544 |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.29 - 0.29 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 8 / 64 | 2 / 4 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 45 nm | 45nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q1/2010 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR3-533 (4.3 GB/s) LPDDR2-533 (4.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | |
| Memory channels | 4 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
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| TDP | ||
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A5X | MediaTek MT6589 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q1/2013 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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