AMD A12-9720P vs Apple A8 (iPad) Full Specs - HMC

2 Cores 4 Threads 2.7GHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1.5GHz
TDP 15W	TDP 6W
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s DDR3	Bandwidth 12.8GB/s LPDDR3
iGPU Radeon R7 8CU 758MHz GCN 3	iGPU PowerVR GX6450 A8
·· 776.2 GFLOPSFP16	·· 243.2 GFLOPSFP16
Socket FP4	Socket -

2 Cores	2 Cores
4 Threads	2 Threads

Base Clock 2.7GHz	Base Clock 1.5GHz
Boost Clock 3.6GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

L1i 96KB	L1i 64KB
L1d 32KB	L1d 64KB
L2 1MB	L2 1MB shared
L3 -	L3 4MB

Type DDR3	Type LPDDR3
Max Memory 64GB	Max Memory 2GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 1866MT/s	Speed 1600MT/s
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth 12.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate ·· 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate ·· 12.8GB/s

TDP 15W	TDP 6W
cTDP-down 12W	cTDP-down -

Bus Type PCIe	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 8GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 4GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

PCIe

PCIe 3.0 x8

7.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU Radeon R7 8CU 758MHz GCN 3	iGPU PowerVR GX6450 A8
Shaders 512	Shaders 128
Boost Clock 758MHz	Boost Clock 475MHz
·· 776.2 GFLOPSFP16	·· 243.2 GFLOPSFP16

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Excavator	Architecture Apple Silicon 3ARMv8.0-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Bristol Ridge - -	Codename Fiji A8Variant TyphoonP-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Jun 1, 2016	Release Date Sep 9, 2015

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node 20nm
Die Size 250mm²	Die Size 89mm²
Transistor Count 3.1 Billion	Transistor Count 2 Billion
Transistor Density 12 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 22 MTr/mm²

Tablets

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Tablets

iPad mini 4(A8, Late 2015)

A12-9720P

AMDA10 PRO-7350B

A12-9720P

A12-9720P

A8 (iPad)

A8 (iPad)

A8 (iPad)

A12-9720P