Apple A8X processor review
A8X processor released by Apple; release date: 16 Oct 2014. The processor is based on Typhoon microarchitecture.
CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 3, threads - 3. Maximum CPU clock speed - 1.5 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 20 nm. Cache size: L1 - 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core), L2 - 2 MB (shared), L3 - 4 MB.
Supported memory types: LPDDR3-1600. Maximum memory size: 2 GB.
The processor has integrated graphics PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850 with the following parameters: cores count - 8.
Benchmarks
PassMark Single thread mark |
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PassMark CPU mark |
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PassMark - Single thread mark | 933 |
PassMark - CPU mark | 2377 |
Integrated graphics – Apple A8X
Technical info |
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Core clock speed | 450 MHz |
Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm |
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 230.4 GFLOPS |
Pipelines | 8 |
Render output units | 32 |
Specifications (specs)
Essentials |
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Architecture codename | Typhoon |
Launch date | 16 Oct 2014 |
OS Support | iOS 8.1, iPadOS 15.7.4 |
Place in performance rating | 2314 |
Processor Number | APL1012 |
Performance |
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Base frequency | 1.5 GHz |
L1 cache | 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) |
L2 cache | 2 MB (shared) |
L3 cache | 4 MB |
Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm |
Maximum frequency | 1.5 GHz |
Number of cores | 3 |
Number of threads | 3 |
Transistor count | 3 billion |
Memory |
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Max memory channels | 2 |
Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s |
Maximum memory size | 2 GB |
Supported memory types | LPDDR3-1600 |
Graphics |
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Execution Units | 32 |
Graphics base frequency | 450 MHz |
iGPU core count | 8 |
Processor graphics | PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850 |