Apple A14 Bionic vs Apple A5. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A14 Apple A5/A5X
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  14 5
• Predecessor
  Apple A13 Bionic -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A15 Bionic Apple A6

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

• A-Core
  2x Firestorm 2x Cortex-A9
• B-Core
  4x Icestorm -
• Base Frequency
  3 GHz 1 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  6 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  No turbo -
• 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
  - 10
• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  11 -
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A14 PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  3010 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2012
• Shader
  0 32
• Technology
  5 nm 32 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A5 and Apple A14 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  6 GB 1 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR2-800

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A14 Bionic 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.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  7 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A14 Bionic and Apple A5, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) A5
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  4 MB 1 MB
• Part Number
  - APL 0498
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q1/2011
• Technology
  5 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None