Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1 vs A8 (iPad)

Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1
A8 (iPad)
8 Cores
8 Threads
3GHz Clock
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.5GHz Clock
Socket
Unknown
Socket
Unknown
iGPU
Adreno 685
1.81 TFLOPS FP32
iGPU
PowerVR GX6450 A8
140 GFLOPS FP32
GB6S N/A
0%
GB6S 430
11%
GB6M N/A
0%
GB6M 660
2%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23S N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
CB23M N/A
0%
Manufacturer
Qualcomm
Manufacturer
Apple
Architecture
Kryo 495
Architecture
Apple Silicon 3
Family
SQ Series
Family
A Series
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Instruction Set (ISA)
AArch64
Codename
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Microsoft SQ1
P-Core
Cortex-A76
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E-Core
Cortex-A55
Codename
Fiji
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A8
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Typhoon
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Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
10/2/2019
Release Date
9/9/2015
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Node
N7
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Node
20nm
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Die Size
Unknown
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Die Size
89 mm²
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Transistor Count
Unknown
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Transistor Count
2 Billion
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Unknown
Unknown
8 Cores
4 P-Cores
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4 E-Cores
2 Cores
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8 Threads
4 P-Threads
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4 E-Threads
2 Threads
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P-Core
3GHz
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1.5GHz
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E-Core
1.8GHz
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Overclocking
Locked
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Overclocking
Locked
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Integrated Chipset
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Integrated Chipset
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Instruction
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L0 Data
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L0 Data
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L1 Instruction
64KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Instruction
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L1 Data
64KB/P-Core
4-way set associative
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32KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
L1 Data
64KB/Core
4-way set associative
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L2
512KB/P-Core
8-way set associative
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128KB/E-Core
4-way set associative
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L2
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1MB Shared
16-way set associative
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L3
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2MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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L3
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4MB Shared
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16-way set associative
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3MB SLC Cache
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Channels
8
Channels
1
Max Memory
16GB
Max Memory
2GB
ECC
Not Supported
ECC
Not Supported
Bus Width/Channel
16Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width/Channel
64Bit
Bus Width
64Bit
Clock
2133MHz
Transfer Rate
4266MT/s
Clock
800MHz
Transfer Rate
1600MT/s
Bandwidth/Channel
8.5GB/s
Bandwidth
68.3GB/s
Bandwidth/Channel
12.8GB/s
Bandwidth
12.8GB/s
TDP
Unknown
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TDP
6W
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Included Cooler
Not Included
Included Cooler
Not Included
No PCIe
No PCIe
Adreno 685
1536 Shaders
590MHz
1.81 TFLOPS FP32
PowerVR GX6450 A8
128 Shaders
533MHz
140 GFLOPS FP32
Hexagon 690
No NPU
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7 TOPS
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ISP
Spectra 390 (192 MP single camera / 22 MP at 30fps dual camera with MFNR/ZSL)
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Modem
Qualcomm
X24
4G
No Cellular
Speed
Up to 2000Mbps Download
Up to 316Mbps Upload
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