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Apple A6 vs Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz

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.

Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz

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The Rockchip RK3066 is a cheap ARM based SoC for Tablets and Smartphones. It integrates two ARM Cortex-A9 (ARMv7) CPU cores with NEON extensions, a ARM Mali-400MP4 (quad-core clocked at 250 MHz) graphics card and a video de- and encoder as main components. The integrated memory controller supports a maximum of 2 GB DDR1, DDR2 or DDR3 memory.

The CPU cores can be clocked up to 1.6 GHz depending on the cooling solution of the tablet / smartphone.

Additional Features according to Wikipedia

  • VPU (Video Processing Unit) Multi-Media Processor supporting 1080p image and video decoding
  • HDMI 1.4 Interface
  • 2-channels TFT LCD Interface with 5 layers and 3D Display (1920×1080 Maximum Display Size)
  • USB 2.0 Interface
  • SD/MMC Interface

ModelApple A6Rockchip RK3066 1.5 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 GHz1.5 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 compare1.2 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 « 1.5 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 compare1.2 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 MHz1500 MHz
Cores / Threads22 / 2
Technology32 nm40 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
L2 Cache512 KB
FeaturesMali-400 MP4, Single Channel DDR3 Memory Controller
iGPUARM Mali-400 MP4 (250 MHz)
Manufacturerwww.rock-chips.com

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
A6 +
7961 Points (6%)
min: 4687     avg: 4990     median: 5059 (4%)     max: 5161 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
4890 Points (4%)
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%
A6 +
940 Points (8%)
min: 206     avg: 398.6     median: 390 (3%)     max: 621 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
min: 389     avg: 1072     median: 1071 (10%)     max: 1439 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
min: 843     avg: 1408     median: 1342 (3%)     max: 2107 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
min: 490     avg: 798     median: 788.5 (2%)     max: 1201 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
min: 694     avg: 1026     median: 1007.5 (3%)     max: 1518 Points
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
min: 50.7     avg: 80     median: 82.5 (3%)     max: 104.6 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
min: 24.87     avg: 52.1     median: 54.8 (5%)     max: 62.1 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
1959 ms (21%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
A6 +
935 ms (9%)
min: 1150     avg: 1418     median: 1355.5 (13%)     max: 1884 ms
Quadrant Standard Edition 2.0 - Quadrant Standard 2.0 Total Score
100%
1 RK3066 +
min: 3105     avg: 3862     median: 3974 (9%)     max: 4257 points
AnTuTu v3 - AnTuTu v3 CPU
100%
1 RK3066 +
min: 2135     avg: 3577     median: 3734 (24%)     max: 4267 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
A6 +
24996 Points (3%)
5852 Points (1%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A6 → 100% n=12

Average Benchmarks Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz → 54% n=12

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