Processor Apple A7, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple A7

• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series
• Generation
  7
• CPU group
  Apple A7
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  Apple A8

Apple A7 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

• Frequency
  1.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  1.40 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  2x Cyclone
• B core
  --
• C core
  --

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430
• GPU frequency
  0.45 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.45 GHz
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  64
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
• DirectX Version
  10
• Technology
  28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No
• h264
  No
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  No
• VC-1
  No
• JPEG
  No

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  1 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  1
• PCIe version
• PCIe lanes

Hardware security technology

• AES-NI
  No

• TDP (PL1)
• TDP up
  --
• TDP (PL2)
  --
• TDP down
  --
• Tjunction max.
  --

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A7
• Technology
  28 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2013
• Part Number
  S5L8960X

Common positions Apple A7 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
  1375 place
• Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
  1491 place
• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1506 place