Samsung S5L8900 vs Apple A6

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Samsung S5L8900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A6
Samsung S5L8900 Apple A6

CPU comparison

Samsung S5L8900 or Apple A6 - 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 S5L8900 has 1 cores with 1 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 0.40 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 0 memory channels. The Samsung S5L8900 was released in Q1/2007.

The Apple A6 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A6 was released in Q3/2012.
Samsung S5L (3) Family Apple A series (22)
Samsung S5L8900 (1) CPU group Apple A6/A6X (2)
1 Generation 6
ARM 1176 Architecture A6
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A5
-- Successor Apple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Samsung S5L8900 is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.40 GHz. The Apple A6 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.30 GHz.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic Apple A6
1 Cores 2
1 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
0.40 GHz Frequency 1.30 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic Apple A6
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

PowerVR MBX Lite GPU PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
GPU frequency 0.27 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
130nm Technology 32 nm
1 Max. displays 1
1 Compute units 6
1 Shader 48
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- 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.

PowerVR MBX Lite GPU PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Samsung S5L8900 supports a maximum of GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Apple A6 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic Apple A6
Memory LPDDR2-1066
Max. Memory 1 GB
0 Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 8.5 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Samsung S5L8900 has a TDP of --, that of the Apple A6 is --.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic Apple A6
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Samsung S5L8900 has a 0.00 MB cache, while the Apple A6 cache has a total of 1.00 MB.

Samsung S5L8900 Characteristic Apple A6
90 nm Technology 32 nm
Unknown Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
Android Operating systems iOS
Q1/2007 Release date Q3/2012
-- 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 S5L8900 Samsung S5L8900
PowerVR MBX Lite @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A6 Apple A6
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) @ 0.27 GHz
68 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Samsung S5L8900 Apple A6
Unknown Apple iPhone 5
Apple iPhone 5C

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