Apple A5X vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 675. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Apple A5/A5X Qualcomm Snapdragon 675/678
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  5 7
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A6X Qualcomm Snapdragon 678

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A9 2x Kryo 460 Gold
• B-Core
  - 6x Kryo 460 Silver
• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 1.7 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• CPU Threads
  2 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 1.7 GHz

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 12.1
• Execution units
  8 0
• Generation
  - 6
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 850 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) Qualcomm Adreno 612
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 850 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 0
• Release date
  Q1/2012 -
• Shader
  64 0
• Technology
  45 nm 11 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 and Apple A5X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800 LPDDR4X-1866

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A5X and Qualcomm Snapdragon 675 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 Apple A5X and Qualcomm Snapdragon 675, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A5 Kryo 460
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• Part Number
  APL 5498 SM6150
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q1/2019
• Technology
  32 nm 11 nm
• Virtualization
  None None