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Apple A8 vs MediaTek MT6737

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A8
Rank 2 - 32 %
MediaTek MT6737
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A8
Rank 2 - 43 %
MediaTek MT6737
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 MT6737
4C / 4T · 1.25 GHz
102
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
MediaTek MT6737
4C / 4T · 1.25 GHz
338
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
Apple A8
136
MediaTek MT6737
ARM Mali-T720 MP2
20

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
FamilyApple A series (27)Mediatek MT-Serie (72)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)MediaTek MT67xx (17)
ArchitectureA8Cortex-A53
Technology20 nm28 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Typhoon 4x Cortex-A53
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 1.25 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
GPU nameApple A8ARM Mali-T720 MP2
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.60 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 1282 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays12
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology20 nm28nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2013

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-667 (5.3 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB
Memory channels11
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8MediaTek MT6737
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2016
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
MediaTek MT6737
MediaTek MT6737
4C / 4T · 1.25 GHz

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