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Apple A5 vs Apple A5X. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q1/2011
Apple A5
Apple A5
Released
Q1/2011
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Apple A5X
Apple A5X

What's the best choice Apple A5 or Apple A5X? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A5 has a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Released in Q1/2011.

Apple A5X has a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Released in Q1/2011.

Differences

Apple A5 Reasons to consider
Apple A5
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Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A5 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1771 place
Apple A5X Reasons to consider
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Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A5X CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1742 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A5 Apple A5
Apple A5X Apple A5X
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow Apple A series
  • CPU group
    Apple A5/A5X left arrow Apple A5/A5X
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 5
  • Successor
    Apple A6 left arrow Apple A6X
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • CPU Cores / Threads
    2 / 2 left arrow 2 / 2
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • A-Core
    2x Cortex-A9 left arrow 2x Cortex-A9
  • Frequency
    1.00 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Turbo (2 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) left arrow PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
  • GPU frequency
    0.20 GHz left arrow 0.20 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 8
  • Shader
    32 left arrow 64
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Direct X
    10 left arrow 10
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 45 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2012 left arrow Q1/2012
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A5X and Apple A5. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR2-800 left arrow LPDDR2-800
  • Max. Memory
    1 GB left arrow 1 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 4
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A5 and Apple A5X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A5 and Apple A5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) left arrow ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow 1.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A5 left arrow A5
  • Technology
    32 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q1/2011 left arrow Q1/2011
  • Part Number
    APL 0498 left arrow APL 5498

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A5 and Apple A5X.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
13
Apple A5
26
Apple A5X

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