MediaTek MT8735 vs Apple A5. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  MediaTek MT87xx A53 Apple A5/A5X
• Family
  Mediatek MT-Serie Apple A series
• Generation
  1 5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A6

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

• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Core Configuration
  4x Cortex-A53 -
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  - No turbo
• A-Core
  - 2x Cortex-A9
• Turbo Frequency (2 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.

• DirectX Version
  11 10
• Execution units
  2 4
• Generation
  Midgard 3 -
• GPU Frequency
  10 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  ARM Mali-T720 MP2 PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  10 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Release date
  Q4/2013 Q1/2012
• Shader
  32 32
• Technology
  28nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A5 and MediaTek MT8735. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 1 GB
• Memory channels
  0 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR3 LPDDR2-800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP MediaTek MT8735 and Apple A5 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by MediaTek MT8735 and Apple A5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Cortex-A53 A5
• Chip design
  Chiplet -
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  - 1 MB
• Operating systems
  Android -
• Part Number
  - APL 0498
• Release date
  Q2/2015 Q1/2011
• Technology
  28 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None