Apple A5
The Apple A5 is a dual-core processor that contains two Cortex A9 cores. Each core is max. clocked at 900 MHz. Furthermore, the A5 integrates a relative fast PowerVR SGX 543MP2 graphics card and 512MB ram (in the same package for the iPad 2). Apple states a maximum of 2x the performance compared to the previous single core Apple A4.
| Series | Apple |
| Codename | Cortex A9 |
| Clock Rate | 900 MHz |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 2 |
| Manufacturing Technology | 40 nm |
| 64 Bit | no 64 Bit support |
| Announcement Date | 03/02/2011 |
CPU Benchmarks
Geekbench 2: Total Score
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100%min: 764 avg: 764 (10%) max: 764 Points
1 benchmarks and specifications
1 benchmarks and specificationsGeekbench 2: Integer
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100%min: 691 avg: 691 (7%) max: 691 Points
Geekbench 2: Floating Point
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100%min: 923 avg: 923 (10%) max: 923 Points
Geekbench 2: Memory
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100%min: 838 avg: 838 (17%) max: 838 Points
Geekbench 2: Stream
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100%min: 333 avg: 333 (6%) max: 333 Points
- Range of benchmarks for this CPU - Average benchmark score| Geekbench 2 in comparison | ||
| Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 (min) | 174 | |
| ... | ||
| NVIDIA Tegra 3 | 235 | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260A | 323 | |
| Apple A4 | 330 | |
| Apple A5 | 333 | |
| Apple A5x | 333 | |
| AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 | 1160 | |
| Intel Core 2 Duo P8600 | 2209 | |
| ... | ||
| Intel Pentium B950 (max) | 5976 | |
Reviews for the Apple A5 processor
Apple iPad 2 ( PowerVR SGX543MP2, 9.7")
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