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Apple A5x vs Broadcom BCM28155

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.

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.

ModelApple A5xBroadcom 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 « 1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A5 compare1 GHzcores 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 A5x1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Apple A5 compare1 GHzcores Cortex A9
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology32? nm40 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
FeaturesDual Channel LPDDR2 400MHz Memory Controller, VideoCore-IV GPU
Manufacturerwww.broadcom.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%)
min: 149     avg: 240.5     median: 240.5 (2%)     max: 332 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A5x +
818 Points (7%)
min: 731     avg: 738     median: 737.5 (7%)     max: 744 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A5x +
920 Points (2%)
min: 555     avg: 930     median: 930 (2%)     max: 1305 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A5x +
687 Points (1%)
min: 324     avg: 533     median: 533 (1%)     max: 742 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A5x +
759 Points (2%)
min: 468     avg: 679     median: 679 (2%)     max: 890 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A5x +
142 MFLOPS (5%)
min: 24.39     avg: 52     median: 52 (2%)     max: 79.7 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A5x +
87.8 MFLOPS (9%)
min: 26.08     avg: 36.2     median: 36.2 (4%)     max: 46.3 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
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
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A5x +
11087 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A5x → 100% n=8

Average Benchmarks Broadcom BCM28155 → 76% n=8

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