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

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2020
Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic
Released
Q1/2011
Overall score
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Apple A5
Apple A5

What's the best choice Apple A14 Bionic or Apple A5? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A14 Bionic has a maximum frequency of 3.00 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 7 W. Released in Q3/2020.

Apple A5 has a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. 2 / 2 Cores. Released in Q1/2011.

Differences

Apple A14 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A14 Bionic
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    474 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 67% better clock speed

    3.00 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 times more cores

    6 left arrow 2

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A14 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    187 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    595 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    308 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    11 place
Apple A5 Reasons to consider
Apple A5
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Positions in all rankings

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

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

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A14 Bionic Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A5 Apple A5
CPU family and group

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

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

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    3.00 GHz left arrow 1.00 GHz
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow normal
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    Apple A14 left arrow PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
  • GPU frequency
    1.80 GHz left arrow 0.20 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    3.01 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    0 left arrow 32
  • Max. GPU Memory
    8 GB left arrow --
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    11 left arrow
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2020 left arrow Q1/2012
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
  • AV1
    Decode left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow No
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow No
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

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.

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

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A14 Bionic and Apple A5 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    7 W left arrow
Technologies and extensions

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

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L2-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 1.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) left arrow A5
  • Technology
    5 nm left arrow 32 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2020 left arrow Q1/2011
  • Part Number
    -- left arrow APL 0498

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A14 Bionic and Apple A5.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
824
Apple A14 Bionic
13
Apple A5

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