Apple A8X vs AMD GX-424CC

Comparative analysis of Apple A8X 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).

Apple A8X

AMD GX-424CC

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A8X

CPU is newer: launch date 4 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 20 nm vs 28 nm

Launch date	16 Oct 2014 vs 6 June 2014
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm vs 28 nm

Reasons to consider the AMD GX-424CC

1 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 3
1 more threads: 4 vs 3
1365.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

Number of cores	4 vs 3
Number of threads	4 vs 3
L1 cache	256 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A8X
CPU 2: AMD GX-424CC

Name	Apple A8X	AMD GX-424CC
PassMark - Single thread mark	934
PassMark - CPU mark	2374
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 A8X	AMD GX-424CC
Essentials
Architecture codename	Typhoon	Steppe Eagle
Launch date	16 Oct 2014	6 June 2014
OS Support	iOS 8.1, iPadOS 15.7.4
Place in performance rating	2211	2148
Processor Number	APL1012
Family		AMD G-Series
Vertical segment		Embedded
Performance
Base frequency	1.5 GHz	2400 MHz
L1 cache	64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	2 MB (shared)	2048 KB
L3 cache	4 MB
Manufacturing process technology	20 nm	28 nm
Maximum frequency	1.5 GHz
Number of cores	3	4
Number of threads	3	4
Transistor count	3 billion
64 bit support
Maximum core temperature		90 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	2	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size	2 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR3-1600	DDR3-1866
ECC memory support
Graphics
Execution Units	32
Graphics base frequency	450 MHz	497 MHz
iGPU core count	8
Processor graphics	PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850	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™)