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Apple A6 vs Marvell PXA986 vs Apple A6x

Apple A6

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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.

Marvell PXA986

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The Marvell PXA986 is an ARM based dual-core SoC for smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It contains two Cortex-A9 CPU cores usually clocked around 1.2 GHz and a Vivante GC1000 graphics card. The integrated video processor is able to handle 720p30 content in H.263, H.264 BP and MPEG4 SP encoding. Furthermore, a GSM/EDGE/WCDMA/HSDPA radio is included in the chip.

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

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ModelApple A6Marvell PXA986Apple A6x
SeriesApple Marvell Technology Group Apple
Series:
newitem cores
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 « 1 GHz2 cores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+ST2 cores
unknown cores
HiSilicon Kirin 910T1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Rockchip RK31881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
HiSilicon Kirin 9101.6 GHz4 / 4 cores Cortex-A9
Renesas MP52321.5 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Broadcom BCM21664T1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
Marvell PXA986 « 1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores Cortex-A9
NXP i.MX 6SLL1 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
WonderMedia PRIZM WM89501 GHz1 / 1 cores Cortex-A9
newitem cores
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T3101.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A61 GHz2 cores
Apple S52 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR86700.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 cores
DK3.5+ST2 cores
unknown cores
Clock1000 MHz1200 MHz1400 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 22
Technology32 nm45 nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
CodenameCortex-A9
Manufacturerwww.marvell.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
min: 2623     avg: 2874     median: 2740 (2%)     max: 3258 Points
109%
A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
min: 2709     avg: 2985     median: 2985 (2%)     max: 3261 Points
110%
A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 PXA986 +
3675 Points (3%)
241%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
min: 631     avg: 647     median: 646.5 (1%)     max: 662 Points
112%
A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
min: 376     avg: 379.5     median: 379.5 (7%)     max: 383 Points
111%
A6x +
781 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
min: 437     avg: 439.5     median: 439.5 (4%)     max: 442 Points
108%
A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
min: 1337     avg: 1448     median: 1448 (13%)     max: 1559 Points
110%
A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
min: 1275     avg: 1284     median: 1284 (3%)     max: 1293 Points
107%
A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
min: 709     avg: 720     median: 720 (1%)     max: 731 Points
105%
A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
min: 1005     avg: 1035     median: 1034.5 (3%)     max: 1064 Points
107%
A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
min: 73.7     avg: 74.3     median: 74 (3%)     max: 75.3 MFLOPS
124%
A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
min: 39.83     avg: 41.6     median: 41.4 (4%)     max: 43.69 MFLOPS
113%
A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
85%
1 PXA986 +
min: 23941     avg: 25315     median: 25315 (30%)     max: 26689 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
89%
1 PXA986 +
min: 1428     avg: 1608     median: 1624 (18%)     max: 1771 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
min: 1453     avg: 1531     median: 1530.5 (15%)     max: 1608 ms
100%
A6x +
895 ms (8%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
1448 Points (1%)
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3257     avg: 3515     median: 3514.5 (8%)     max: 3772 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 PXA986 +
2945 Points (19%)
AnTuTu v4 - AnTuTu v4 Total Score
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 11051     avg: 11392     median: 11392 (26%)     max: 11733 Points
AndEBench - AndEBench Java
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 137     avg: 160     median: 159 (5%)     max: 184 Iter./s
AndEBench - AndEBench Native
100%
1 PXA986 +
min: 4077     avg: 4208     median: 4266 (14%)     max: 4281 Iter./s
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
16%
1 PXA986 +
min: 3273     avg: 3820     median: 3976 (1%)     max: 4210 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Marvell PXA986 → 50% n=12

Average Benchmarks Apple A6x → 110% n=12

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

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