Apple A6

The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 with 266 MHz.

CPU Benchmarks

Linpack for Android:

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min: 365.18     avg: 365.2 (95.41%)     max: 365.18 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		365.18

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -98%

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Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -80%

A5 2x 1GHz -78%

A5x 2x 1GHz -76%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -74%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -72%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz -63%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -60%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz -45%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz -16%

A6

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 5%

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A6x 2x 1.4GHz 5%

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Linpack for Android:

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min: 574.95     avg: 575 (78.22%)     max: 574.95 MFLOPS

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		574.95

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -99%

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Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -80%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz -80%

A5 2x 1GHz -78%

A5x 2x 1GHz -75%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -70%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -68%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz -67%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -59%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz -13%

A6

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 14%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 28%

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Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 28%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Total Score

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min: 1648     avg: 1648 (12.41%)     max: 1648 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		1648

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -93%

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C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz -24%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -24%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -23%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -19%

Athlon Neo MV-40 1x 1.6GHz -19%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -16%

Atom Z2760 2x 1.8GHz -16%

E-Series E1-1200 2x 1.4GHz -13%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -11%

A6

Snapdragon MSM8960 2x 1.5GHz 6%

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 7%

E-Series E2-1800 2x 1.7GHz 8%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz 13%

A-Series A6-1450 4x 1 - 1.4GHz 14%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 22%

Celeron 847 2x 1.1GHz 22%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 42%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 57%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 655%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Integer

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min: 1261     avg: 1261 (8.88%)     max: 1261 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		1261

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -92%

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Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -29%

OMAP 4460 2x 1.2GHz -27%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -24%

Snapdragon MSM8960 2x 1.5GHz -22%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz -21%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -10%

Athlon Neo MV-40 1x 1.6GHz -9%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -5%

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

A6

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 5%

E-Series E1-1200 2x 1.4GHz 14%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 16%

Atom Z2760 2x 1.8GHz 25%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz 30%

Celeron 847 2x 1.1GHz 32%

E-Series E2-1800 2x 1.7GHz 41%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 42%

A-Series A6-1450 4x 1 - 1.4GHz 45%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 941%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Floating Point

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min: 2114     avg: 2114 (12.55%)     max: 2114 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		2114

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -98%

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E-Series E1-1200 2x 1.4GHz -24%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -24%

Celeron 847 2x 1.1GHz -18%

k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz -15%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -14%

Tegra 3 4x 1.2 - 1.3GHz -11%

OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -9%

E-Series E2-1800 2x 1.7GHz -8%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz 0%

A6

A-Series A6-1450 4x 1 - 1.4GHz 6%

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 7%

Snapdragon MSM8960 2x 1.5GHz 32%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz 34%

Celeron 1000M 2x 1.8GHz 43%

A-Series A6-4455M 2x 2.1 - 2.6GHz 43%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz 49%

Pentium B950 2x 2.1GHz 65%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz 72%

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FX-Series (Desktop) FX-8350 8x 4 - 4.2GHz 683%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Memory

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min: 1867     avg: 1867 (19.89%)     max: 1867 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		1867

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -83%

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OMAP 4470 2x 1.5GHz -29%

A-Series A6-1450 4x 1 - 1.4GHz -25%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -21%

E-Series E2-1800 2x 1.7GHz -20%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -11%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -10%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz -9%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz -9%

Snapdragon MSM8960 2x 1.5GHz -1%

A6

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 10%

A-Series A4-5000 4x 1.5GHz 11%

A-Series A8-3520M 4x 1.6 - 2.5GHz 25%

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 33%

Celeron 847 2x 1.1GHz 36%

A-Series A6-4455M 2x 2.1 - 2.6GHz 40%

Core 2 Duo P8600 2x 2.4GHz 43%

Phenom II X4 (Desktop) 905e 4x 2.5GHz 62%

A-Series A8-4500M 4x 1.9 - 2.8GHz 66%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 336%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit: Stream

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min: 940     avg: 940 (9.71%)     max: 940 Points

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Model	Memory	GPU			Result
iPhone 5	1024 MB	PowerVR SGX543MP3	266 / MHz		940

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 1x 0.6GHz -93%

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k3v2 Hi3620 4x 1.2GHz -53%

Snapdragon MSM8260A 2x 1.5GHz -45%

Atom Z2420 1x 1.2GHz -43%

Snapdragon APQ8064A 4x 1.5GHz -41%

Snapdragon MSM8930 2x 1.2GHz -38%

Snapdragon APQ8060A 2x 1.5GHz -34%

Snapdragon 600 4x 1.7GHz -32%

Exynos 4412 Quad 4x 1.4GHz -30%

Snapdragon MSM8960 2x 1.5GHz -28%

A6

Exynos 5250 Dual 2x 1.7GHz 3%

A6x 2x 1.4GHz 8%

Athlon Neo MV-40 1x 1.6GHz 23%

Atom Z2760 2x 1.8GHz 32%

C-Series C-70 2x 1 - 1.3GHz 32%

E-Series E1-1200 2x 1.4GHz 53%

A-Series A6-1450 4x 1 - 1.4GHz 82%

E-Series E2-1800 2x 1.7GHz 90%

A-Series A8-3520M 4x 1.6 - 2.5GHz 90%

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Core i7 (Desktop) 3770K 4x 3.5 - 3.9GHz 865%

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Reviews for the Apple A6 processor

Apple iPhone 5 ( PowerVR SGX543MP3, 4")
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