A9X vs A5 (iPad)
            A9X
            
                
            
        
    
            A5 (iPad)
            
                
            
        
    | 2 Cores 2 Threads 2.26GHz Clock | 2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket Unknown | 
| iGPUPowerVR GT7850 A9X 500 GFLOPS FP32 | iGPUPowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5 10 GFLOPS FP32 | 
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                                                GB6S 760
                                            
                                             19% | GB6S N/A 0% | 
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                                                GB6M 1,160
                                            
                                             4% | GB6M N/A 0% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S N/A 0% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M N/A 0% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerApple | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 4 | ArchitectureARMv7-A | 
| FamilyA Series | FamilyA Series | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) AArch32 | 
| Codename Elba - A9X - Twister - - - - | Codename - - - - Cortex-A9 - - - - | 
| Market Segment Tablet | Market Segment Tablet | 
| Release Date 11/11/2015 | Release Date 3/11/2011 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Samsung - - - | 
| Node 16FF+ - - - | Node 45nm - - - | 
| Die Size 144 mm² - - - | Die Size 122 mm² - - - | 
| Transistor Count 3.5 Billion - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| Unknown | Unknown | 
| 2 Cores - - - | 2 Cores - - - | 
| 2 Threads - - - | 2 Threads - - - | 
| - 2.26GHz - - | - 1GHz - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 64KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | L1 Data 32KB/Core 4-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 3MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - - - | L2 - - 1MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - | - - - - | 
| Channels 2 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 2GB | Max Memory 1GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | Bus Width/Channel 32Bit Bus Width 64Bit | 
| Clock 1600MHz Transfer Rate 3200MT/s | Clock 400MHz Transfer Rate 800MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 25.6GB/s Bandwidth 51.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 3.2GB/s Bandwidth 6.4GB/s | 
| TDP 8W - - - | TDP 5W - - - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | No PCIe | 
| PowerVR GT7850 A9X 384 Shaders 650MHz 500 GFLOPS FP32 | PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5 32 Shaders 200MHz 10 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| No NPU - | No NPU - | 
| - - | - - | 
| -  | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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