AMD A8-4500M vs Apple A5X Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 4 Threads 1.9GHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz
TDP 35W	TDP 10W
Bandwidth 25.6GB/s DDR3	Bandwidth 12.8GB/s LPDDR2
iGPU Radeon HD 7640G	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP4 A5X
Peak·FP32·FP16 350.7 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 42.62 GFLOPSFP32
Socket FS1	Socket -

Core Config

2 Cores	2 Cores
4 Threads	2 Threads

Clocks

Base Clock 1.9GHz	Base Clock 1GHz
Boost Clock 2.8GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 64KB	L1i 32KB
L1d 16KB	L1d 32KB
L2 2MB	L2 1MB shared

Memory

Type DDR3	Type LPDDR2
Max Memory 32GB	Max Memory 1GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 1600MT/s	Speed 800MT/s
Bandwidth 25.6GB/s	Bandwidth 12.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1600MT/s UC·Spec·OC 25.6GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s UC·Spec·OC 12.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 35W

TDP 10W

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

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iGPU

iGPU Radeon HD 7640G	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP4 A5X
Shaders 256	Shaders 64
Boost Clock 685MHz	Boost Clock 333MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 350.7 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 42.62 GFLOPSFP32

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch32
Architecture Piledriver	Architecture ARMv7-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Trinity VirgoDie -	Codename A5X - Cortex-A9P-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date May 15, 2012	Release Date Mar 16, 2012

Fabrication

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 32nm	Fabrication Node 45nm
Die Size 246mm²	Die Size 165mm²
Transistor Count 1.3 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 5 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

Images

Used In

Tablets -

Tablets iPad 3(A5X, Early 2012)

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