Apple A5 vs Apple A6 Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 800MHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1.3GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2	Bandwidth 8.5GB/s LPDDR2
iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP3 A6
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 41.28 GFLOPSFP32

Highlights

Max Bandwidth

Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 TDP

A56.4GB/s

x1

A68.5GB/s

x1.33

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Core Config

2 Cores	2 Cores
2 Threads	2 Threads

Clocks

Base Clock 800MHz	Base Clock 1.3GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB	L1i 32KB
L1d 32KB	L1d 32KB
L2 1MB shared	L2 1MB shared

Memory

Type LPDDR2	Type LPDDR2
Max Memory 512MB	Max Memory 1GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 800MT/s	Speed 1066MT/s
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth 8.5GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s UC·Spec·OC 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1066MT/s UC·Spec·OC 8.5GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP3 A6
Shaders 32	Shaders 48
Boost Clock 266MHz	Boost Clock 430MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 41.28 GFLOPSFP32

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch32	ISA AArch32
Architecture ARMv7-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 1ARMv7s
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename A5 - Cortex-A9P-Core	Codename Bali A6Variant SwiftP-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 14, 2011	Release Date Sep 21, 2012

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 45nm	Fabrication Node 32nm
Die Size 122mm²	Die Size 97mm²

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Used In

Smartphones AppleiPhone 4S

Smartphones AppleiPhone 5AppleiPhone 5C

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