Apple A5 (iPad) vs Apple A6X Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1.4GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 8W
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2	Bandwidth 17.1GB/s LPDDR2
iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU PowerVR SGX554 MP4 A6X
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 76.8 GFLOPSFP32

Highlights

Max Bandwidth

Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 TDP

A5 (iPad)6.4GB/s

x1

A6X17.1GB/s

x2.67

Core Config

2 Cores	2 Cores
2 Threads	2 Threads

Clocks

Base Clock 1GHz	Base Clock 1.4GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB	L1i 32KB
L1d 32KB	L1d 32KB
L2 1MB shared	L2 1MB shared

Memory

Type LPDDR2	Type LPDDR2
Max Memory 512MB	Max Memory 1GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 800MT/s	Speed 1066MT/s
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth 17.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1066MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 17.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 8W

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU PowerVR SGX554 MP4 A6X
Shaders 32	Shaders 128
Boost Clock 266MHz	Boost Clock 300MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 76.8 GFLOPSFP32

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch32	ISA AArch32
Architecture ARMv7-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 1ARMv7s
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename A5 - Cortex-A9P-Core	Codename Bali-X A6XVariant SwiftP-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Mar 11, 2011	Release Date Nov 2, 2012

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 45nm	Fabrication Node 32nm
Die Size 122mm²	Die Size 123mm²

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Used In

Tablets iPad 2(A5, Early 2011)iPad mini(A5, Late 2012)

Tablets iPad 4(A6X, Late 2012)

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