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Apple A5 vs Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz

Apple A5

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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.

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz

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The Samsung Exynos 4 Dual (formerly known as Exynos 4210) is a dual-core Cortex-A9 based SoC with a ARM Mali-400 MP4 graphics card. Clocked at 1.4 GHz (CPU), the 4210 was used in the Galaxy Note, Galaxy Tab 7.7 and Meizu MX. The 1.2 GHz version can be found here.

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ModelApple A5Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz
CodenameCortex A9Cortex A9
Clock1000 MHz1400 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology40, 32 nm45 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
SeriesSamsung Exynos
Series: Exynos Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz « 1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
L1 Cache128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
FeaturesNEON, Mali 400MP, Memory Controller
Manufacturerwww.samsung.com

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A5 +
min: 297     avg: 317.7     median: 323 (2%)     max: 333 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A5 +
min: 751     avg: 807     median: 833 (6%)     max: 838 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A5 +
min: 737     avg: 855     median: 906 (2%)     max: 923 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A5 +
min: 552     avg: 638     median: 671 (1%)     max: 691 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A5 +
min: 631     avg: 715     median: 750 (2%)     max: 764 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A5 +
min: 124.4     avg: 127.1     median: 127.1 (4%)     max: 129.8 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A5 +
min: 78.1     avg: 81.8     median: 81.8 (8%)     max: 85.4 MFLOPS
61.6 MFLOPS (6%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A5 +
min: 1557     avg: 1863     median: 1888.5 (18%)     max: 2118 ms

Average Benchmarks Apple A5 → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz → 75% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
red legend - Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)