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Apple A5x vs Apple A5 vs Texas Instruments OMAP 4430

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.

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.

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430

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The Texas Instruments (TI) OMAP 4430 is a SoC with two ARM Cortex-A9 cores including NEON SIMD engine, two Cortex M3 cores (to save power), a PowerVR SGX540 graphics card (304-365 MHz) and a dual channel LPDDR2 memory controller (max 400 MHz).

ModelApple A5xApple A5Texas Instruments OMAP 4430
SeriesApple Apple
CodenameCortex A9Cortex A9Cortex A9
Series: Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44701.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44601.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Broadcom BCM281551.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44301 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x « 1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A51 GHzcores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44701.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44601.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Broadcom BCM281551.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44301 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A5 « 1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44701.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 44601.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Broadcom BCM281551.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 « 1 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex A9
Apple A5x1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A51 GHzcores Cortex A9
Clock1000 MHz1000 MHz1000 MHz
Cores / Threads222 / 2
Technology32? nm40, 32 nm45 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
L1 Cache1 MB
TDP0.6 Watt
FeaturesDual Channel LPDDR 400MHz Memory Controller, IVA 3 Multimedia Accelerator, PowerVR SGX 540 Graphics Core, Image Signal Processor
Manufacturerwww.ti.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A5x +
2858 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A5x +
2865 Points (2%)
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%)
97%
A5 +
min: 297     avg: 317.7     median: 323 (3%)     max: 333 Points
191 Points (2%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A5x +
818 Points (7%)
102%
A5 +
min: 751     avg: 807     median: 833 (8%)     max: 838 Points
923 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A5x +
920 Points (2%)
98%
A5 +
min: 737     avg: 855     median: 906 (2%)     max: 923 Points
183 Points (0%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A5x +
687 Points (1%)
98%
A5 +
min: 552     avg: 638     median: 671 (1%)     max: 691 Points
449 Points (1%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A5x +
759 Points (2%)
99%
A5 +
min: 631     avg: 715     median: 750 (2%)     max: 764 Points
424 Points (1%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A5x +
142 MFLOPS (5%)
90%
A5 +
min: 124.4     avg: 127.1     median: 127.1 (4%)     max: 129.8 MFLOPS
min: 38.78     avg: 59.5     median: 63.7 (2%)     max: 71.9 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A5x +
87.8 MFLOPS (9%)
93%
A5 +
min: 78.1     avg: 81.8     median: 81.8 (8%)     max: 85.4 MFLOPS
min: 36.48     avg: 40.8     median: 40.6 (4%)     max: 45.39 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A5x +
31272 ms (37%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A5x +
1307 ms (14%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A5x +
min: 1329     avg: 1595     median: 1594.5 (15%)     max: 1860 ms
97%
A5 +
min: 1557     avg: 1863     median: 1888.5 (18%)     max: 2118 ms
min: 1761     avg: 1955     median: 1895.5 (18%)     max: 2269 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
min: 2475     avg: 2571     median: 2571 (6%)     max: 2666 points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A5x +
11087 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A5x → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Apple A5 → 97% n=8

Average Benchmarks Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 → 62% n=8

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- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)