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

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

4870

934

PassMark
CPU mark

Top 1 CPU

This CPU

156834

2376

Name	Value
PassMark - Single thread mark	934
PassMark - CPU mark	2376

Integrated graphics – Apple A8X

Technical info
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
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
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
Max memory channels	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	2 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1600
Graphics
Execution Units	32
Graphics base frequency	450 MHz
iGPU core count	8
Processor graphics	PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850