Apple A5 (iPad) vs NVIDIA Tegra 3 Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz	5 Cores(1P+4E) 5 Threads(1P+4E) 1.5GHz
TDP 5W	TDP -
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2	Bandwidth 6GB/s DDR3L·LPDDR2
iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU Tegra 3
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 16.64 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Max Bandwidth

Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 TDP

A5 (iPad)6.4GB/s

x1.07

Tegra 36GB/s

x1

Core Config

2 Cores 2P -	5 Cores 1P 4E
2 Threads 2P -	5 Threads 1P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 1GHz	Base Clock 1.5GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

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

Memory

Type LPDDR2	Type DDR3L·LPDDR2
Max Memory 512MB	Max Memory -
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 32-bit
Speed 800MT/s	Speed 1500MT/s
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth 6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 6GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP -

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU Tegra 3
Shaders 32	Shaders 8
Boost Clock 266MHz	Boost Clock 520MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 16.64 GFLOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer NVIDIA
ISA AArch32	ISA AArch32
Architecture ARMv7-A	Architecture ARMv7ARMv7
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename A5 Cortex-A9P-Core -	Codename Kal-El Cortex-A9P-Core Cortex-A9E-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Mar 11, 2011	Release Date Nov 1, 2011

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 45nm	Fabrication Node 40nm LPG
Die Size 122mm²	Die Size -

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Used In

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

Tablets Surface RT(Tegra 3, Late 2012)

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