Apple A4

The Apple A4 is a SoC for tablets, smartphones and ipods. It contains a single core ARM Cortex-A8 processor clocked at 776 MHz (iPod Touch 4G), 800 MHz (iPhone 4) or 1000 MHz (iPad 1). The Corex-A8 core in it uses performance enhancements by Intrinsity and is called "Hummingbird" (as in some Samsung SoCs). Futhermore, a PowerVR SGX 535 graphics card, PowerVR VXD audio- and videoprocessor, and a integrated memory controller can be found on the chip. 

The chip is built in three layers. Two layers of DDR-SDRAM (2x 128 MB) and the SoC itself.

Source: Wikipedia

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream

330 Points (3%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		330

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -80%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -11%

MediaTek MT8312 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -9%

MediaTek MT8317T -9%

MediaTek MT6575 -5%

Apple A5 -4%

Rockchip RK3188 -3%

Marvell PXA1088 -3%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -1%

Apple A4

Apple A5x 1%

Mediatek MT8121 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 10%

Mediatek MT6582 14%

Mediatek MT6582M 14%

MediaTek MT8377 14%

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz 15%

MediaTek MT6577 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 17%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 3657%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory

717 Points (7%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		717

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -56%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -31%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q -16%

AllWinner A13 -13%

MediaTek MT6572 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -10%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -4%

Rockchip RK3188 -4%

Intel Atom Z2420 -3%

Apple A4

MediaTek MT8317T 1%

Broadcom BCM28155 3%

AllWinner A10 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 5%

MediaTek MT8312 5%

MediaTek MT8377 9%

Mediatek MT6589 10%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 11%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 11%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 1438%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point

466 Points (1%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		466

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -91%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -76%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -61%

AllWinner A13 -57%

AllWinner A10 -55%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -5%

Apple A4

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 16%

Intel Atom Z2420 32%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 44%

MediaTek MT6575 49%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 68%

MediaTek MT6572 80%

Apple A5 83%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 88%

Apple A5x 97%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 10850%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer

375 Points (1%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		375

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -72%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -34%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -26%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -19%

AllWinner A10 -18%

AllWinner A13 -13%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -1%

Apple A4

MediaTek MT6575 6%

Intel Atom Z2420 16%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 21%

MediaTek MT6572 30%

Broadcom BCM28155 42%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 52%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 58%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 69%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 13148%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score

470 Points (1%)

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		470

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -74%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -38%

AllWinner A13 -33%

AllWinner A10 -28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -21%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -7%

Apple A4

Actions ACT-ATM7029 1%

Intel Atom Z2420 19%

MediaTek MT6575 24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 24%

MediaTek MT6572 31%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 40%

Broadcom BCM28155 44%

Apple A5 52%

Apple A5x 61%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 8032%

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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *

min: 2876.8     avg: 6711     median: 6710.9 (64%)     max: 10545 ms

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535		2876.8
Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB	A4	SGX535	0.3 GB	10545

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U -99%

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WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 -64%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -64%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -61%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -60%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -58%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) -58%

AllWinner A10 -47%

AllWinner A13 -40%

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -14%

Apple A4

Rockchip RK2918 4%

unknown 4%

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Rockchip RK2918 4%

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100%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Apple A4 processor

Apple iPad 1 3G 64GB (PowerVR SGX535, 9.70")
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