Apple A8 vs AMD GX-424CC

Comparative analysis of Apple A8 and AMD GX-424CC processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics API support, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A8

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm
Launch date 9 Sep 2014 vs 6 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-424CC

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 4 vs 2
  • 2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 4 vs 2
L1 cache 256 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 2048 KB vs 1 MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A8
CPU 2: AMD GX-424CC

Name Apple A8 AMD GX-424CC
PassMark - Single thread mark 914
PassMark - CPU mark 1517
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 7
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 924
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2698
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2698

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A8 AMD GX-424CC

Essentials

Architecture codename Typhoon Steppe Eagle
Launch date 9 Sep 2014 6 June 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 2368 2214
Processor Number APL1011
Family AMD G-Series
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 1.1 GHz 2400 MHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB (shared) 2048 KB
L3 cache 4 MB
Manufacturing process technology 20 nm 28 nm
Maximum frequency 1.5 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 4
Transistor count 2 billion
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature 90 °C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 1
Maximum memory bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR3-1600 DDR3-1866
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 533 MHz 497 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series 6XT Radeon R5E

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.1
OpenGL 4.2

Compatibility

Sockets supported BGA769 (FT3b)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Virus Protection (EVP)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)