Apple A5x

The Apple A5x is a dual-core processor that contains two Cortex A9 cores. The A5x integrates a relative fast Quad-Core PowerVR SGX 543MP4 graphics card and is used for example in the third generation iPad with Retina Display.

CPU Benchmarks

Linpack for Android:

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min: 87.81     avg: 87.8 (21.44%)     max: 87.81 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			87.81

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -92%

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Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz 2x 1.2GHz -48%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -48%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz -38%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -37%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz -36%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz -34%

Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz 2x 1.4GHz -30%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -17%

A5 2x 1GHz -7%

A5x

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz 10%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz 18%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 53%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz 68%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 130%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 251%

A6 2x 1GHz 316%

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 335%

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A6x 2x 1.4GHz 335%

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Linpack for Android:

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min: 141.98     avg: 142 (18.67%)     max: 141.98 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			141.98

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -96%

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OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz -48%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz -41%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz -39%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -38%

MT6589 4x 1.2GHz -38%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz -35%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -21%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz -18%

A5 2x 1GHz -10%

A5x

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz 23%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz 28%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 34%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz 65%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 251%

A6 2x 1GHz 305%

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 361%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 417%

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Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 417%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Total Score

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min: 759     avg: 759 (5.19%)     max: 759 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			759

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -84%

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A10 1x 1.2GHz -55%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -44%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -42%

A4 1x 1GHz -38%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -38%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -26%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -13%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -11%

A5 2x 1GHz -6%

A5x

NovaThor U8500 2x 1GHz 5%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 10%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 17%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 17%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 31%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 34%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 34%

Z-Series Z-60 2x 1GHz 42%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 50%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 1538%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Integer

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min: 687     avg: 687 (4.47%)     max: 687 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			687

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -85%

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A13 1x 1GHz -53%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -46%

A4 1x 1GHz -45%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -37%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -35%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -22%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -14%

NovaThor U8500 2x 1GHz -8%

A5 2x 1GHz -7%

A5x

MT6577 2x 1GHz 2%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 3%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 6%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 14%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz 20%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 22%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 22%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz 30%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 33%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 1812%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Floating Point

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min: 920     avg: 920 (5.32%)     max: 920 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			920

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -95%

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OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -80%

A13 1x 1GHz -78%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -77%

A4 1x 1GHz -49%

MSM7227A 1x 1GHz -42%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -33%

ATM7029 4x 1GHz -27%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -15%

A5 2x 1GHz -7%

A5x

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz 1%

NovaThor U8500 2x 1GHz 22%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 30%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz 32%

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 36%

Atom Z2760 2x 1.8GHz 44%

C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz 48%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 53%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 57%

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FX-Series (Desktop) FX-8350 8x 4 - 4.2GHz 1700%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Memory

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min: 818     avg: 818 (6.47%)     max: 818 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			818

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -62%

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Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 1x 1GHz -16%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -15%

A4 1x 1GHz -12%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -10%

A10 1x 1.2GHz -9%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -8%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz -4%

NovaThor U8500 2x 1GHz -3%

A5 2x 1GHz -1%

A5x

Tegra 250 2x 1GHz 10%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 12%

OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz 13%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz 15%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz 18%

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 29%

C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz 34%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 37%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz 39%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 894%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Stream

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min: 333     avg: 333 (2.98%)     max: 333 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPad 3. Gen 2012-03		PowerVR SGX543MP4			333

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -80%

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OMAP 4430 2x 1GHz -43%

NovaThor U8500 2x 1GHz -34%

BCM28155 2x 1.2GHz -28%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -26%

AML8726-MX 2x 1.5GHz -19%

MTK 8317T 2x 1.2GHz -18%

MSM8255 1x 1.5GHz -12%

A5 2x 1GHz -5%

A4 1x 1GHz -1%

A5x

RK3066 2x 1.5GHz 13%

MT8377 2x 1.2GHz 13%

MT6577 2x 1GHz 20%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz 26%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz 32%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz 33%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz 54%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz 60%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 67%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 2625%

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Reviews for the Apple A5x processor

Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03 ( PowerVR SGX543MP4, 9.7")
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