AMD A8-3520M vs Apple A16 (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

4 Cores 4 Threads 1.6GHz	5 Cores(2P+3E) 5 Threads(2P+3E) 3.44GHz
TDP 35W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 21.3GB/s DDR3·DDR3L	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU Radeon HD 6620G	iGPU 4-Core A16
Peak·FP32·FP16 355.2 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16
Socket FS1	Socket -

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A8-3520M249

x1

A16 (iPad)2,586

x10.39

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Core Config

4 Cores 4P -	5 Cores 2P 3E
4 Threads 4P -	5 Threads 2P 3E

Clocks

Base Clock 1.6GHz	Base Clock 3.44GHz
Boost Clock 2.5GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 64KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 1MB P - -	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type DDR3·DDR3L	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 1333MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 21.3GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1333MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 21.3GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 35W

TDP 5W

Chipset Bus

Bus Type UMI	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 4GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 2GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 2.0 x20 10GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon HD 6620G	iGPU 4-Core A16
Shaders 400	Shaders 512
Boost Clock 444MHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 355.2 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.06GHz
Performance -	Performance 17 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture K10.5	Architecture Apple Silicon 12ARMv8.6-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Llano LynxDie - - -	Codename Crete - A16Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Dec 7, 2011	Release Date Mar 4, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 32nm	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 228mm²	Die Size 115mm²
Transistor Count 1.2 Billion	Transistor Count 16 Billion
Transistor Density 5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Tablets -

Tablets iPad 11(A16, Early 2025)

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