CPUs

Apple A8X vs Apple A15 Bionic (iPad) Full Specs

3 Cores
3 Threads
1.5GHz
6 Cores(2P+4E)
6 Threads(2P+4E)
2.93GHz
TDP
8W
TDP
5W
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
LPDDR3
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
LPDDR4X
iGPU
iGPU
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486.4 GFLOPSFP16
··
1.71 TFLOPSFP16

A8XA8X447
x1
A15 Bionic (iPad)A15 Bionic (iPad)2,157
x4.83

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

Base Clock
1.5GHz
Base Clock
2.93GHz
Overclocking
Locked
Overclocking
Locked

L1i
64KB P
-
L1i
192KB P
128KB E
L1d
64KB P
-
L1d
128KB P
64KB E
L2
2MB P shared
-
L2
12MB P shared
4MB E shared
L3
4MB
L3
-
SLC Cache
-
SLC Cache
32MB

Type
LPDDR3
Type
LPDDR4X
Max Memory
2GB
Max Memory
4GB
ECC
No
ECC
No
Channels
2
Channels
1
Bus Width
128-bit
Bus Width
64-bit
Speed
1600MT/s
Speed
4266MT/s
Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
25.6GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator
Channels
Transfer Rate
Calculated Bandwidth
34.1GB/s

TDP
8W
TDP
5W

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PCIe
PCIe 4.0 x4
7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU
iGPU
Shaders
256
Shaders
640
Boost Clock
475MHz
Boost Clock
1.34GHz
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486.4 GFLOPSFP16
··
1.71 TFLOPSFP16

NPU Model
-
NPU Model
H14 Bia
NPU Cores
-
NPU Cores
16
NPU Clock
-
NPU Clock
1.94GHz
Performance
-
Performance
15.8 TOPSFP16

Manufacturer
Manufacturer
ISA
AArch64
ISA
AArch64
Architecture
Architecture
Family
Family
Branding
A8X  branding
Branding
A15  branding
Codename
Capri
A8XVariant
TyphoonP-Core
-
Codename
Ellis
A15Variant
AvalancheP-Core
BlizzardE-Core
Market Segment
Tablet
Market Segment
Tablet
Release Date
Oct 22, 2014
Release Date
Sep 24, 2021

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
20nm
Fabrication Node
N5P
Die Size
128mm²
Die Size
108mm²
Transistor Count
3 Billion
Transistor Count
15 Billion
Transistor Density
23 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
139 MTr/mm²

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