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

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

2 Cores	2 Cores
2 Threads	4 Threads

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

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

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

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

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

-	PCIe PCIe 3.0 x8 7.9GB/sBandwidth

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

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

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

Tablets

iPad mini 4(A8, Late 2015)

Tablets

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A8 (iPad)

A8 (iPad)

A8 (iPad)

A12-9720P

A12-9720P

AMDA10 PRO-7350B

A12-9720P

A12-9720P