Apple A6x

The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

Series

Apple Apple A-Series

Series: Apple A-Series

Apple A19 Pro	2.6 - 4.26 GHz	6 / 6	32 MB L3
Apple A19	2.6 - 4.26 GHz	6 / 6	12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro	2.42 - 4.04 GHz	6 / 6
Apple A18	2.42 - 4.04 GHz	6 / 6
Apple A15 Bionic	2.02 - 3.23 GHz	6 / 6	32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic	- 2.49 GHz	6 / 6
Apple A6x «	1.4 GHz	2
Apple A6	1 GHz	2

Clock Rate

1400 MHz

Number of Cores / Threads

2

Manufacturing Technology

32 nm

Architecture

ARM

Announcement Date

10/23/2012

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics

8647 Points (7%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics

8627 Points (7%)

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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics

8850 Points (7%)

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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core

1424 points (3%)

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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core

781 points (10%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream

1012 Points (5%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory

2053 Points (14%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point

2262 Points (4%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer

1330 Points (3%)

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score

1768 Points (5%)

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread

654 MFLOPS (22%)

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread

382.4 MFLOPS (37%)

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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *

895 ms (8%)

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Reviews for the Apple A6x processor

Review Apple iPad 4 Tablet

Apple's new iPad: 3+1 = Retina. Apple presents two new iPads. The Mini is small and the 4th version of the iPad is named "iPad with Retina display". Got it? The question is: do the A6X chip, a better front camera and Lightning interface justify a new name?

Apple A6x, PowerVR SGX554MP4, 9.7", 652 g

Apple iPad 4: PowerVR SGX554MP4, 9.70", 0.7 kg
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Other CPUs of the series Apple A-Series

» Apple A19 Pro
6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz

» Apple A19
6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz

» Apple A18 Pro
6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz

» Apple A18
6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz

» Apple A17 Pro
6x 2.11 GHz - 3.78 GHz

» Apple A16 Bionic
6x 2.02 GHz - 3.46 GHz

» Apple A15 Bionic
6x 2.02 GHz - 3.23 GHz

» Apple A12Z Bionic
8x - 2.49 GHz

» Apple A14 Bionic
6x 1.8 GHz - 3.1 GHz

» Apple A12X Bionic
8x - 2.49 GHz

» Apple A13 Bionic
6x - 2.66 GHz

» Apple A12 Bionic
6x - 2.49 GHz

» Apple A11 Bionic
6x - 2.39 GHz

» Apple A10X Fusion
6x 2.39 GHz

» Apple A10 Fusion
4x 2.34 GHz

» Apple A6x
2x 1.4 GHz

» Apple A6
2x 1 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028
4x 1.6 GHz

+ Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A
4x 1.5 GHz

+ Intel Atom Z3785
4x 1.49 GHz - 2.41 GHz

+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016
4x 1.2 GHz

+ Mediatek MT6735
4x 1.5 GHz

» Apple A6x
2x 1.4 GHz

- Rockchip RK3188
4x 1.8 GHz

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 415 MSM8929
8x 1.4 GHz

- Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928
4x 1.6 GHz

- Mediatek MT6737
4x 1.25 GHz

- Rockchip RK3566
4x - 2 GHz

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