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Comparison of Apple A8 and Apple A7 [S]ave

Attribute
Apple A8 ×
Apple A7 ×
General Information
BrandAppleApple
SeriesApple A seriesApple A series
ModelApple A8Apple A7
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
CPU Cores22
Frequency (GHz)1.11.3
CPU Threads22
Core architecturenormalnormal
Hyperthreading--
Overclocking--
A core2x Typhoon2x Cyclone
Turbo (1 Core) (GHz)1.51.4
Turbo (2 Cores) (GHz)1.51.4
Encryption
AES-NI++
Hardware codec support
JPEGDecode / EncodeNo
h264DecodeNo
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)NoNo
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)NoNo
VP8NoNo
AV1NoNo
VC-1DecodeNo
VP9NoNo
AVCDecodeNo
Internal Graphics
GPU nameApple A8PowerVR G6430
GPU frequency (GHz)0.530.45
GPU (Turbo) (GHz)-0.45
Generation5-
DirectX Version-10
Execution units44
Shader12864
Max. GPU Memory (GB)4-
Max. displays11
GPU Release date (year)20142013
Memory And PCIe
Memory typeLPDDR3-1600LPDDR3-1333
Max. Memory (GB)21
ECC--
Memory channels11
Technical details
Release date (year)20142013
Technology (Nm)2028
Virtualization
  • none
  • none
L3-Cache (MB)44
L2-Cache (MB)11
ArchitectureA8A7
Instruction set (ISA)ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
Thermal Management
TDP (PL1) (W)5-
Benchmarks
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)137115
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)324278
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)607528



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