Processor Apple A6, specifications and benchmarks

General information about the processor Apple A6

• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A6/A6X
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  6
• Predecessor
  Apple A5
• Successor
  Apple A7

Apple A6 Processor performance parameters, CPU capabilities

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

Built-in graphics chip characteristics

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.27 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. GPU Memory
  --
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
• Direct X
  10
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012

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
  LPDDR2-1066
• 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
  A6
• Technology
  32 nm
• Virtualization
  None
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2012
• Part Number
  APL 0598

Common positions Apple A6 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

• iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
  1636 place