Processor Apple A5, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple A5

• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A5/A5X
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  5
• Predecessor
  --
• Successor
  Apple A6

Apple A5 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

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

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.20 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  32
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
• Direct X
  10
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2012

Built-in support for video and image compression standards

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

Technical characteristics of supported memory, PCI bus

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800
• Max. Memory
  1 GB
• Memory channels
  2
• ECC
  No
• PCIe
• AES-NI
  No

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

Technical capabilities of the processor, information

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• ISA extensions
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  --
• Architecture
  A5
• Technology
  32 nm
• Virtualization
  None
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2011
• Part Number
  APL 0498

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

• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1771 place