Samsung Exynos 7270 vs Apple A5X

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Samsung Exynos 7270 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A5X
Samsung Exynos 7270 Apple A5X

CPU comparison

Samsung Exynos 7270 or Apple A5X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Samsung Exynos 7270 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 7270 was released in Q3/2016.

The Apple A5X has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Apple A5X was released in Q1/2011.
Samsung Exynos (47) Family Apple A series (22)
Samsung Exynos 7570/7870/7880 (4) CPU group Apple A5/A5X (2)
1 Generation 5
Cortex-A53 Architecture A5
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Apple A6X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung Exynos 7270 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 7270 is 1.00 GHz while the Apple A5X has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A5X is at 1.00 GHz.

Samsung Exynos 7270 Characteristic Apple A5X
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.00 GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Samsung Exynos 7270 Characteristic Apple A5X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Samsung Exynos 7270 or Apple A5X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

ARM Mali-T720 MP1 GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
0.60 GHz GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
0.60 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
Midgard 3 GPU Generation --
28nm Technology 45 nm
2 Max. displays 1
1 Compute units 8
16 Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
11 DirectX Version 10

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

ARM Mali-T720 MP1 GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung Exynos 7270 can use up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is --. The Apple A5X supports up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Samsung Exynos 7270 Characteristic Apple A5X
LPDDR3-667 Memory LPDDR2-800
Max. Memory 1 GB
0 Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Samsung Exynos 7270 is --, while the Apple A5X has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Samsung Exynos 7270 Characteristic Apple A5X
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung Exynos 7270 is manufactured in 14 nm and has 0.00 MB cache. The Apple A5X is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Samsung Exynos 7270 Characteristic Apple A5X
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems iOS
Q3/2016 Release date Q1/2011
-- Release price --
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Samsung Exynos 7270 Samsung Exynos 7270
ARM Mali-T720 MP1 @ 0.60 GHz
10 (40%)
Apple A5X Apple A5X
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) @ 0.20 GHz
26 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung Exynos 7270 Apple A5X
Unknown Apple iPad 2 (3. Gen)

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