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Apple A8X vs Apple A5X
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A8/A8X (2) | Apple A5/A5X (2) |
| Architecture | A8 | A5 |
| Technology | 20 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A6X | |
| Successor | Apple A9X | Apple A6X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 3 / 3 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 3x Typhoon | 2x Cortex-A9 |
| Frequency: | 1.50 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A8X | PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 GHz | 0.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 8 / 64 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 20 nm | 45 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
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| Memory | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
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| TDP | 8 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
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Technical details
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Apple A8X | Apple A5X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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