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Apple A8 vs MediaTek Helio P60

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A8
Rank 2 - 82 %
MediaTek Helio P60
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 53 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
MediaTek Helio P60
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
MediaTek Helio P60
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
314
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 50 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
MediaTek Helio P60
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,167
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
MediaTek Helio P60
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
286
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 45 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
MediaTek Helio P60
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,364
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
Apple A8
136
MediaTek Helio P60
ARM Mali-G72 MP3
89

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek Helio (37)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)MediaTek Helio P60/P70 (2)
ArchitectureA8Cortex-A73 / Cortex-A53
Technology20 nm12 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Typhoon
1.50 GHz
4x Cortex-A73
2.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Cortex-A53
2.00 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
GPU nameApple A8ARM Mali-G72 MP3
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 1283 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB2 GB
Technology20 nm16 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2017

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-1800 (14.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek Helio P60
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
MediaTek Helio P60
MediaTek Helio P60
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

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