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Apple A6 vs ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz

Apple A6

The Apple A6 is a dual-core SoC found in the iPhone 5 with ARM compatible CPU cores. The A6 was developed by Apple and supports the extended ARMv7s instruction set. The clock rate of the CPU is between 800 to 1200 MHz depending on the CPU load. The integrated GPU is a PowerVR SGX543MP3 at 266 MHz.

ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz

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ModelApple A6ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz
SeriesApple
Series:
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHzcores
Apple A6 « 1 GHzcores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHzcores
Apple A61 GHzcores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz « 1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHzcores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST comparecores
unknown compare cores
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz
Cores / Threads21 / 1
Technology32 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
12 MFLOPS (0%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
12.5 MFLOPS (1%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
1686 points (4%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=2

Average Benchmarks ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz → 3% n=2

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)