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Apple A6x vs Apple A6 vs ARM Cortex-M4

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.

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.

ARM Cortex-M4

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ModelApple A6xApple A6ARM Cortex-M4
SeriesApple Apple
Series:
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4
» Apple A6x1.4 GHz2
Apple A61 GHz2
Apple S52 / 2
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1
CSR86700.08 GHz2
ARM Cortex-M4
HiSilicon Hi6262
DK3.5+ST2
unknown
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4
Apple A6x1.4 GHz2
» Apple A61 GHz2
Apple S52 / 2
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1
CSR86700.08 GHz2
ARM Cortex-M4
HiSilicon Hi6262
DK3.5+ST2
unknown
Rockchip RK32881.8 GHz4 / 4
Apple A6x1.4 GHz2
Apple A61 GHz2
Apple S52 / 2
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi36201.2 GHz4 / 4
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz1.5 GHz2 / 2
Amlogic AML8726-MX1.5 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK31681.2 GHz2 / 2
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz1.2 GHz1 / 1
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz1 GHz1 / 1
Loongson 2F 900MHz0.9 GHz1 / 1
CSR86700.08 GHz2
» ARM Cortex-M4
HiSilicon Hi6262
DK3.5+ST2
unknown
Clock1400 MHz1000 MHz
Cores / Threads22
Technology32 nm32 nm
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8647 Points (6%)
92%
1 A6 +
7961 Points (5%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
91%
1 A6 +
7816 Points (6%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
89%
1 A6 +
1273 Points (2%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6x +
781 Points (16%)
90%
1 A6 +
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (14%)     max: 710 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
93%
1 A6 +
940 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
91%
1 A6 +
1867 Points (17%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
93%
1 A6 +
2114 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
95%
1 A6 +
1261 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
93%
1 A6 +
1648 Points (4%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
81%
1 A6 +
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
88%
1 A6 +
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
14535 ms (17%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6x +
895 ms (8%)
100%
1 A6 +
935 ms (9%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A6 +
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile CPU Tests
100%
1 A6 +
24996 Points (3%)

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