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Apple A5 vs Broadcom BCM28155

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.

Broadcom BCM28155

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The Broadcom BCM28155 is a Dual-Core Cortex-A9 SoC with an integrated VideoCore-IV graphics card and UMTS/HSPA+ (no LTE). The two ARM Cortex-A9 processor cores run with up to 1.2 GHz. The integrated modem supports UMTS and HSPA+ but no LTE.

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ModelApple A5Broadcom BCM28155
SeriesApple Broadcom
CodenameCortex A9Cortex A9
Series: Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Broadcom BCM281551.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x compare1 GHz2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5 « 1 GHz2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Broadcom BCM28155 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x compare1 GHz2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A51 GHz2 cores Cortex A9
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology40, 32 nm40 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
FeaturesDual Channel LPDDR2 400MHz Memory Controller, VideoCore-IV GPU
Manufacturerwww.broadcom.com

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A5 +
min: 297     avg: 317.7     median: 323 (3%)     max: 333 Points
min: 149     avg: 240.5     median: 240.5 (2%)     max: 332 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A5 +
min: 751     avg: 807     median: 833 (8%)     max: 838 Points
min: 731     avg: 738     median: 737.5 (7%)     max: 744 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A5 +
min: 737     avg: 855     median: 906 (2%)     max: 923 Points
min: 555     avg: 930     median: 930 (2%)     max: 1305 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A5 +
min: 552     avg: 638     median: 671 (1%)     max: 691 Points
min: 324     avg: 533     median: 533 (1%)     max: 742 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A5 +
min: 631     avg: 715     median: 750 (2%)     max: 764 Points
min: 468     avg: 679     median: 679 (2%)     max: 890 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A5 +
min: 124.4     avg: 127.1     median: 127.1 (4%)     max: 129.8 MFLOPS
min: 24.39     avg: 52     median: 52 (2%)     max: 79.7 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A5 +
min: 78.1     avg: 81.8     median: 81.8 (8%)     max: 85.4 MFLOPS
min: 26.08     avg: 36.2     median: 36.2 (4%)     max: 46.3 MFLOPS
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A5 +
min: 1557     avg: 1863     median: 1888.5 (18%)     max: 2118 ms
min: 1434     avg: 1701     median: 1701 (16%)     max: 1968 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
3909 points (9%)
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
min: 1169     avg: 1255     median: 1255 (8%)     max: 1341 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A5 → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Broadcom BCM28155 → 78% n=8

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