Apple A8X vs Apple A8
Comparative analysis of Apple A8X and Apple A8 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory.
Differences
Reasons to consider the Apple A8X
- Videocard is newer: launch date 1 month(s) later
- 2x more pipelines: 8 vs 4
| Launch date | 16 Oct 2014 vs 9 Sep 2014 |
| Pipelines | 8 vs 4 |
Reasons to consider the Apple A8
- Around 18% higher core clock speed: 533 MHz vs 450 MHz
| Core clock speed | 533 MHz vs 450 MHz |
Compare specifications (specs)
| Apple A8X | Apple A8 | |
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Essentials |
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| Launch date | 16 Oct 2014 | 9 Sep 2014 |
| Place in performance rating | not rated | not rated |
Technical info |
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| Core clock speed | 450 MHz | 533 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 20 nm | 20 nm |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 230.4 GFLOPS | 136.4 GFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 8 | 4 |
| Render output units | 32 | 16 |
Memory |
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| Memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 12.8 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 64 bit | 64 bit |
| Memory type | LPDDR3-1600 | LPDDR3-1600 |
