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Apple A7 vs Apple A8. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2013
Apple A7
Apple A7
Released
Q3/2014
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Apple A8
Apple A8

What's the best choice Apple A7 or Apple A8? Which processor is faster?

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

Apple A7 has a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. 2 Cores. Released in Q3/2013.

Apple A8 has a maximum frequency of 1.10 GHz. 2 Cores. Power consumption of 5 W. Released in Q3/2014.

Differences

Apple A7 Reasons to consider
Apple A7
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1817 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 15% better clock speed

    1.30 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A7 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1375 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1491 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1506 place
Apple A8 Reasons to consider
Apple A8
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    1815 left arrow score
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 7 % better overclocked clock speed

    1.50 GHz left arrow 1.40 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A8 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    1331 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    1470 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    1464 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A7 Apple A7
Apple A8 Apple A8
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
    7 left arrow 8
  • CPU group
    Apple A7 left arrow Apple A8/A8X
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Apple A7
  • Successor
    Apple A8 left arrow Apple A9
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
    1.30 GHz left arrow 1.10 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    2 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    1.40 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    2 left arrow 2
  • Turbo (2 Cores)
    1.40 GHz left arrow 1.50 GHz
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • A core
    2x Cyclone left arrow 2x Typhoon
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
    PowerVR G6430 left arrow Apple A8
  • GPU frequency
    0.45 GHz left arrow 0.53 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.45 GHz left arrow No turbo
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    64 left arrow 128
  • Max. GPU Memory
    -- left arrow 4 GB
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    left arrow 5
  • DirectX Version
    10 left arrow
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 20 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2013 left arrow Q3/2014
Hardware codec support

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A8 and Apple A7. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR3-1333 left arrow LPDDR3-1600
  • Max. Memory
    1 GB left arrow 2 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 1
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A7 and Apple A8 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    left arrow 5 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A7 and Apple A7, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L2-Cache
    1.00 MB left arrow 1.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    4.00 MB left arrow 4.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A7 left arrow A8
  • Technology
    28 nm left arrow 20 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2013 left arrow Q3/2014
  • Part Number
    S5L8960X left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A7 and Apple A8.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
278
Apple A7
324
Apple A8
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
528
Apple A7
607
Apple A8
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
115
Apple A7
137
Apple A8

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