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Apple A7 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 51 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 32 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 51 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
549
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 32 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
528
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz
1,676
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A7
Apple A7 32 %
PowerVR G6430
115
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Qualcomm Adreno 618
358

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A7 (1)Qualcomm Snapdragon 720 (1)
ArchitectureA7Kryo 465
Technology28 nm8 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A6
SuccessorApple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cyclone
1.40 GHz
2x Kryo 465 Gold
2.30 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 6x Kryo 465 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
GPU namePowerVR G6430Qualcomm Adreno 618
GPU frequency0.45 GHz0.70 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology28 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 692 @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
MemoryLPDDR3-1333 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-1866 (14.9 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A7Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A7
Apple A7
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

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Apple A7
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