The Apple A5X has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A5X is 1.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
CPU Cores / Threads:
2 / 2
Core architecture:
normal
Cores:
2x Cortex-A9
Hyperthreading / SMT:
No
Overclocking:
No
Frequency:
1.00 GHz
Turbo Frequency (1 Core):
--
Turbo Frequency (2 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.
AI hardware:
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AI specifications:
--
NPU + CPU + iGPU:
--
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
The Apple A5X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A5X uses the PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores), which has 64 texture shaders and 8 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
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.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit):
No
h265 / HEVC (10 bit):
No
h264:
No
VP8:
No
VP9:
No
AV1:
No
AVC:
No
VC-1:
No
JPEG:
No
Memory & PCIe
The processor can use up to 1 GB memory in 4 (Quad Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 12.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.
Memory type:
Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR2-800
12.8 GB/s
Max. Memory:
1 GB
Memory channels:
4 (Quad Channel)
ECC:
No
PCIe:
PCIe Bandwidth:
--
Thermal Management
The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is . The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.
TDP (PL1 / PBP):
TDP (PL2):
--
TDP up:
--
TDP down:
--
Tjunction max.:
--
Technical details
The Apple A5X is made in 32 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 1.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
Technology:
32 nm
Chip design:
Chiplet
Socket:
--
L2-Cache:
1.00 MB
L3-Cache:
--
AES-NI:
No
Operating systems:
iOS
Virtualization:
None
Instruction set (ISA):
Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions:
--
Release date:
Q1/2011
Release price:
--
Part Number:
APL 5498
Documents:
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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.