Apple A8 processor review

A8 processor released by Apple; release date: 9 Sep 2014. The processor is based on Typhoon microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 2, threads - 2. Maximum CPU clock speed - 1.5 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 20 nm. Cache size: L1 - 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core), L2 - 1 MB (shared), L3 - 4 MB.

Supported memory types: LPDDR3-1600. Maximum memory size: 2 GB.

The processor has integrated graphics Custom PowerVR Series 6XT with the following parameters: cores count - 4.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

4843

915

PassMark
CPU mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

185062

1525

Name	Value
PassMark - Single thread mark	915
PassMark - CPU mark	1525

Integrated graphics – Apple A8

Technical info
Core clock speed	533 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	136.4 GFLOPS
Pipelines	4
Render output units	16

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture codename	Typhoon
Launch date	9 Sep 2014
OS Support	iOS 8.0, iOS 12.5.7, iPadOS 15.7.4, audioOS 11.0, tvOS 9.0, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating	2376
Processor Number	APL1011
Performance
Base frequency	1.1 GHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB (shared)
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz
Number of cores	2
Number of threads	2
Transistor count	2 billion

Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size	2 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1600
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	533 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Processor graphics	Custom PowerVR Series 6XT