Apple A8 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and is based on the 8. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2014. The Apple A8 scores 324 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 607 points.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Apple A8. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Apple A8. |
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| Name: | Apple A8 |
| Family: | Apple A series |
| CPU group: | Apple A8/A8X |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 8 |
| Predecessor: | Apple A7 |
| Successor: | Apple A9 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A8 is 1.50 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 Typhoon |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
| Overclocking: | No |
| Frequency: | 1.50 GHz |
| Turbo Frequency (1 Core): | -- |
| Turbo Frequency (2 Cores): | -- |
Internal Graphics
The Apple A8 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A8 uses the Apple A8, which has 128 texture shaders and 16 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Apple A8 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.53 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Execution units: | 16 |
| Shader: | 128 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 4 GB |
| Max. displays: | 1 |
| Generation: | 5 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 20 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2014 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | No |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | No |
| h264: | Decode |
| VP8: | No |
| VP9: | No |
| AV1: | No |
| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 1 GB memory in 1 (Single 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. |
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| Memory type: | LPDDR3-1600 |
| Max. Memory: | 1 GB |
| Memory channels: | 1 (Single Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 12.8 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | -- |
| AES-NI: | No |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 5 W. 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. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Apple A8 is made in 20 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 5.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 20 nm |
| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 4.00 MB |
| Architecture: | A8 |
| Operating systems: | iOS |
| Virtualization: | None |
| Instruction set (ISA): | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | |
| Release date: | Q3/2014 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple A8 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 835
8C 8T @ 2.45 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-2370M
2C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron G1610T
2C 2T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Celeron J4125
4C 4T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
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Intel Atom x7-Z8750
4C 4T @ 2.56 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-3217UE
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3215U
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C 4T @ 2.40 GHz |
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AMD Athlon 5150
4C 4T @ 1.60 GHz |
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Intel Pentium J2900
4C 4T @ 2.67 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.|
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Samsung Exynos 9610
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Athlon II X3 425e
3C 3T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Pentium N4200
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Pentium T4400
2C 2T @ 2.20 GHz |
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AMD A6-4400M
2C 2T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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AMD A4-3420
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 3205U
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E6700
2C 2T @ 2.66 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C 2T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 1017U
2C 2T @ 1.60 GHz |
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AMD Sempron 3850
4C 4T @ 1.30 GHz |
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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.|
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AMD A4-5145M
AMD Radeon HD 8310G @ 0.55 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z3560
PowerVR G6430 @ 0.53 GHz |
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Intel Atom Z3580
PowerVR G6430 @ 0.53 GHz |
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Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3560Y
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 3561Y
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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Intel Celeron 2961Y
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 0.85 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
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MediaTek Helio P23
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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AMD A6-6420K
2C 2T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Celeron N4020C
2C 2T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6400
4C 4T @ 2.13 GHz |
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AMD A9-9425
2C 2T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Intel Pentium 4405Y
2C 4T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Benchmarks
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
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FP32 SP iGPU
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