Apple A5

The Apple A5 is a dual-core processor that contains two Cortex A9 cores. Each core is max. clocked at 900 MHz. Furthermore, the A5 integrates a relative fast PowerVR SGX 543MP2 graphics card and 512MB ram (in the same package for the iPad 2). Apple states a maximum of 2x the performance compared to the previous single core Apple A4.

Series	Apple
Codename	Cortex A9
Series: Cortex A9	Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 1.5 GHz 2 / 2 Cortex A9 Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 1.2 GHz 2 / 2 Cortex A9 Broadcom BCM28155 1.2 GHz 2 / 2 Cortex A9 Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 1 GHz 2 / 2 Cortex A9 Apple A5x 1 GHz 2 Cortex A9 » Apple A5 1 GHz 2 Cortex A9
Clock Rate	1000 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads	2
Manufacturing Technology	40, 32 nm
Architecture	ARM
Announcement Date	03/02/2011

Benchmarks

Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream

min: 297     avg: 318     median: 323 (3%)     max: 333 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		297
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	323
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	333

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -80%

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Mediatek MT8389 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -11%

Mediatek MT6589 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -8%

MediaTek MT8312 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -6%

MediaTek MT8317T -5%

MediaTek MT6575 -1%

Apple A5

Rockchip RK3188 1%

Marvell PXA1088 1%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 3%

Apple A4 4%

Apple A5x 5%

Mediatek MT8121 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 14%

Mediatek MT6582 18%

MediaTek MT8377 19%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 3799%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory

min: 751     avg: 807     median: 833 (8%)     max: 838 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		751
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	833
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	838

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -61%

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AllWinner A10 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -7%

MediaTek MT8312 -7%

MediaTek MT8377 -3%

Mediatek MT6589 -2%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 -1%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 -1%

Mediatek MT8125 0%

Mediatek MT8389 0%

Apple A5

Apple A5x 1%

Mediatek MT8121 4%

MediaTek MT6575 5%

MediaTek MT6577 10%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 11%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 12%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 14%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T 18%

Amlogic AML8726-MX 19%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 1267%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point

min: 737     avg: 855     median: 906 (2%)     max: 923 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		737
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	906
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	923

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -95%

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AllWinner A10 -76%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A -48%

Apple A4 -45%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -37%

Intel Atom Z2420 -28%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -22%

MediaTek MT6575 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -8%

MediaTek MT6572 -2%

Apple A5

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 2%

Apple A5x 8%

Intel Atom Z2460 8%

Broadcom BCM28155 9%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 31%

MediaTek MT8312 32%

Intel Atom Z2480 36%

MediaTek MT6577 43%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 44%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 5868%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer

min: 552     avg: 638     median: 671 (1%)     max: 691 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		552
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	671
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	691

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -84%

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MediaTek MT6575 -38%

Intel Atom Z2420 -32%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 -30%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -29%

MediaTek MT6572 -24%

Broadcom BCM28155 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -7%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 -1%

Apple A5

MediaTek MT8312 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 5%

Intel Atom Z2460 6%

Apple A5x 8%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 11%

MediaTek MT6577 12%

Marvell PXA986 13%

MediaTek MT8317T 14%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 7687%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score

min: 631     avg: 715     median: 750 (2%)     max: 764 Points

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		631
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	750
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	764

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -83%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -39%

Apple A4 -34%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -34%

Intel Atom Z2420 -22%

MediaTek MT6575 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -18%

MediaTek MT6572 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -8%

Broadcom BCM28155 -5%

Apple A5

Apple A5x 6%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 11%

MediaTek MT8312 13%

Intel Atom Z2460 19%

MediaTek MT8317T 22%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 24%

MediaTek MT6577 25%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 35%

MediaTek MT8377 39%

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Intel Core i9-10980XE 5245%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread

min: 124.4     avg: 127     median: 127.1 (4%)     max: 129.84 MFLOPS

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	124.4
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		129.84

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -95%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q -28%

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz -26%

Intel Atom Z2480 -20%

Mediatek MT8125 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q -19%

MediaTek MT6572 -18%

Mediatek MT6589 -11%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -10%

MediaTek MT8312 -5%

Apple A5

Rockchip RK3188 3%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 5%

Apple A5x 12%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 21%

Mediatek MT6735 29%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 31%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A 38%

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Apple A8X 1813%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread

min: 78.14     avg: 81.8     median: 81.8 (8%)     max: 85.4 MFLOPS

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		78.14
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	85.4

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -91%

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HiSilicon Kirin 910 -23%

Mediatek MT6735 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 -16%

MediaTek MT6572 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 -14%

Intel Atom Z2420 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -7%

Mediatek MT8127 0%

Apple A5

HiSilicon Kirin 910T 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 5%

MediaTek MT8312 5%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 6%

Apple A5x 7%

Mediatek MT6582 7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 7%

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Apple A8X 1148%

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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *

min: 1556.8     avg: 1863     median: 1888.6 (18%)     max: 2118 ms

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Model	CPU	GPU	RAM	Value
Apple iPad mini	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	1556.8
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		1736.1
Apple iPad 2	A5	SGX543MP2	0.5 GB	2041
Apple iPhone 4S	A5	SGX543MP2		2118

AMD Ryzen 5 4500U -95%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q -11%

MediaTek MT8161 -11%

MediaTek MT6577 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -9%

Broadcom BCM28155 -9%

MediaTek MT6575 -7%

Mediatek MT6582M -7%

MediaTek MT6572 -5%

Mediatek MT6735 -3%

Apple A5

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 1%

MediaTek MT8377 2%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 16%

Samsung Exynos 4210 1.2 GHz 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q 21%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 26%

WonderMedia PRIZM WM8950 29%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q 31%

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Rockchip RK2918 276%

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Apple A5 processor

Apple iPad 2 (PowerVR SGX543MP2, 9.70")
» Review Apple iPad 2 Tablet/MID - Review
» Apple iPad 2 - External Review

Apple iPad mini (PowerVR SGX543MP2, 7.90")
» Review Apple iPad Mini Tablet - Review
» Apple iPad mini - External Review

Apple iPhone 4S (PowerVR SGX543MP2, 3.80")
» Apple iPhone 4S - External Review

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