Apple A8 vs Apple A8X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A8/A8X Apple A8/A8X
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  8 8
• Predecessor
  Apple A7 -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A9 Apple A9X

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Typhoon 3x Typhoon
• Base Frequency
  1.1 GHz 1.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 3
• CPU Threads
  2 3
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.5 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1.5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (3 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• Execution units
  4 8
• Generation
  5 5
• GPU Frequency
  530 MHz 450 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A8 Apple A8X
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2014
• Shader
  128 256
• Technology
  20 nm 20 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8X and Apple A8. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 4 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1600 LPDDR3-1600

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A8 and Apple A8X Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W 8 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A8 and Apple A8X, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A8 A8
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q3/2014
• Technology
  20 nm 20 nm
• Virtualization
  None None