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Apple A6
Benchmarks & Specs
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Apple A6
Summary
The Apple A6 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 6. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2012.
Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
HiSilicon Kirin 930
113 %
ARM Mali-T628 MP4
Samsung Exynos 7885
112 %
ARM Mali-G71 MP2
Apple A6
100 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
MediaTek Helio P30
97 %
ARM Mali-G71 MP2
MediaTek Helio G88
94 %
ARM Mali-G52 MP2
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Specifications
At a glance
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A6/A6X (2) |
| Architecture | A6 |
| Technology | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | |
| Generation | 6 |
| Predecessor | Apple A5 Q1/2011 |
| Successor | Apple A7 Q3/2013 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Swift |
| Frequency: | 1.30 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | |
| Overclocking | No |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.27 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 |
| Raytracing | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | |
| Technology | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2012 |
Memory & PCIe
| Memory type | Memory bandwidth |
|---|---|
| LPDDR2-1066 | 8.5 GB/s |
| Property | Value |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 |
| ECC | ✗ |
| PCIe | |
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| TDP | |
| TDP (PL2) | |
| TDP up | |
| TDP down | |
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | |
| Release date | Q3/2012 |
| Release price | |
| Documents |
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