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Apple A5x vs Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz

Apple A5x

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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 in the third generation iPad with Retina Display.

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 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.

ModelApple A5xSamsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz
SeriesApple Samsung Exynos
CodenameCortex A9Cortex A9
Series: Exynos 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 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 compare1 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x « 1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A5 compare1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad compare1.4 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz « 1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.4 GHz compare1.4 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Clock1000 MHz1500 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology32? nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
L1 Cache128 KB
L2 Cache1 MB
FeaturesNEON, Mali 400MP, Memory Controller

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A5x +
2858 Points (2%)
min: 5055     avg: 5067     median: 5067 (4%)     max: 5079 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A5x +
2865 Points (2%)
5262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A5x +
330 Points (4%)
Geekbench 4.0 - Geekbench 4.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A5x +
566 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A5x +
496 Points (1%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A5x +
262 Points (5%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A5x +
333 Points (3%)
min: 366     avg: 378.5     median: 378.5 (3%)     max: 391 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A5x +
818 Points (7%)
min: 1059     avg: 1091     median: 1091 (10%)     max: 1123 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A5x +
920 Points (2%)
min: 1791     avg: 1792     median: 1791.5 (4%)     max: 1792 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A5x +
687 Points (1%)
min: 1027     avg: 1049     median: 1049 (2%)     max: 1071 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A5x +
759 Points (2%)
min: 1231     avg: 1241     median: 1240.5 (3%)     max: 1250 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A5x +
142 MFLOPS (5%)
min: 91.1     avg: 93.5     median: 93.5 (3%)     max: 95.9 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A5x +
87.8 MFLOPS (9%)
min: 56.4     avg: 57.4     median: 57.4 (6%)     max: 58.3 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A5x +
31272 ms (37%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A5x +
1307 ms (14%)
min: 999     avg: 1128     median: 1128 (12%)     max: 1257 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A5x +
min: 1329     avg: 1595     median: 1594.5 (15%)     max: 1860 ms
917 ms (9%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 4616     avg: 4822     median: 4821.5 (11%)     max: 5027 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
3564 Points (23%)
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
min: 244     avg: 247.5     median: 247.5 (8%)     max: 251 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
min: 5107     avg: 5237     median: 5236.5 (17%)     max: 5366 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A5x +
11087 Points (1%)
min: 4603     avg: 4815     median: 4814.5 (1%)     max: 5026 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A5x → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz → 125% n=12

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