Apple A5x

The Apple A5x is a dual-core processor that contains two Cortex A9 cores. The A5x integrates a relative fast Quad-Core PowerVR SGX 543MP4 graphics card and is used in the third generation iPad with Retina Display.

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720

2858 Points (2%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				2858

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -82%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -45%

MediaTek MT6575 -38%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -30%

Intel Atom x7-Z8700 -10%

Apple A5x

Marvell PXA986 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 6%

Intel Atom Z2420 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q 20%

MediaTek MT8317T 24%

MediaTek MT6572 28%

MediaTek MT6577 28%

Broadcom BCM21664T 33%

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Intel Core i5-4300Y 5341%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080

2865 Points (7%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				2865

Intel Atom Z2760 -45%

Apple A5x

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q 1%

Marvell PXA986 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 14%

MediaTek MT6572 29%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 33%

Broadcom BCM21664T 34%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 36%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 41%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 41%

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AMD Ryzen 3 2200U 1415%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream

333 Points (3%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				333

MediaTek MT8312 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -10%

MediaTek MT8317T -10%

MediaTek MT6575 -5%

Apple A5 -5%

Rockchip RK3188 -4%

Marvell PXA1088 -4%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -2%

Apple A4 -1%

Apple A5x

Mediatek MT8121 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8926 9%

Mediatek MT6582 13%

MediaTek MT8377 13%

Mediatek MT6582M 13%

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz 14%

MediaTek MT6577 15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 16%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T 17%

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Intel Core i5-6198DU 3017%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory

818 Points (10%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				818

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -8%

MediaTek MT8312 -8%

MediaTek MT8377 -4%

Mediatek MT6589 -4%

Mediatek Helio P10 MT6755 -3%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 -3%

Mediatek MT8125 -1%

Mediatek MT8389 -1%

Apple A5 -1%

Apple A5x

Mediatek MT8121 2%

MediaTek MT6575 3%

MediaTek MT6577 8%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 10%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 10%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4430 13%

Mediatek Helio P23 MT6763T 16%

Amlogic AML8726-MX 18%

Mediatek MT6592 18%

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Intel Core i5-6260U 907%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point

920 Points (4%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				920

Apple A4 -49%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A -41%

Intel Atom Z2420 -33%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -27%

MediaTek MT6575 -24%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -15%

MediaTek MT6572 -9%

Apple A5 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -5%

Apple A5x

Intel Atom Z2460 1%

Broadcom BCM28155 1%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 22%

MediaTek MT8312 23%

Intel Atom Z2480 26%

MediaTek MT6577 33%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 34%

Intel Celeron N2805 34%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 36%

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HiSilicon Kirin 990 2044%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer

687 Points (7%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				687

Broadcom BCM28155 -22%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 -17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -14%

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 -8%

Apple A5 -7%

MediaTek MT8312 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -2%

Intel Atom Z2460 -1%

Apple A5x

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 3%

MediaTek MT6577 4%

Marvell PXA986 5%

MediaTek MT8317T 6%

Intel Atom Z2480 15%

Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 20%

MediaTek MT8377 22%

Amlogic AML8726-MX 22%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 1236%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score

759 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				759

Apple A4 -38%

Actions ACT-ATM7029 -38%

Intel Atom Z2420 -26%

MediaTek MT6575 -23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225 -23%

MediaTek MT6572 -19%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S2 MSM8255 -13%

Broadcom BCM28155 -11%

Apple A5 -6%

Apple A5x

ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 5%

MediaTek MT8312 7%

Intel Atom Z2460 12%

MediaTek MT8317T 14%

Nvidia Tegra 2 (250) 16%

MediaTek MT6577 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 27%

MediaTek MT8377 31%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 31%

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HiSilicon Kirin 990 1426%

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score

496 Points (5%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
iPad 3 IOS 7	SGX543MP4				496

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -54%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -8%

Apple A5x

MediaTek MT6572 11%

MediaTek MT6577 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 25%

MediaTek MT8312 30%

Marvell PXA986 30%

Renesas MP5232 32%

Broadcom BCM21664T 33%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 59%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 1826%

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score

262 Points (8%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
iPad 3 IOS 7	SGX543MP4				262

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -9%

Apple A5x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 16%

MediaTek MT6572 16%

Marvell PXA1088 19%

MediaTek MT6577 20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 23%

Mediatek MT8389 24%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 25%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 25%

Spreadtrum SC8830 26%

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AMD Ryzen 3 3200U 1153%

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Single-Core Score

330 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				330

Apple A5x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 18%

Mediatek MT6580M 23%

Mediatek MT6735P 30%

Mediatek MT6735M 31%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 32%

Mediatek MT6735 64%

Mediatek MT6737 74%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 75%

Mediatek MT8735 81%

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Samsung Exynos 9825 1448%

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Geekbench 4.0 - 64 Bit Multi-Core Score

566 Points (5%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				566

Apple A5x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 62%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 96%

Mediatek MT6580M 106%

Mediatek MT6735P 112%

Mediatek MT6735M 114%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA 131%

Mediatek MT6735 167%

AMD A6-9220e 167%

Mediatek MT6737 170%

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Samsung Exynos 990 2050%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread

142 MFLOPS (5%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				141.98

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q -27%

MediaTek MT6572 -27%

Mediatek MT6589 -20%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -20%

MediaTek MT8312 -15%

Apple A5 -11%

Rockchip RK3188 -8%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 -6%

Apple A5x

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 8%

Mediatek MT6735 15%

HiSilicon Kirin 620 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A 23%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A 28%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 MSM8909 30%

Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual 34%

Mediatek MT8127 34%

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Apple A8X 1611%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread

87.8 MFLOPS (9%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				87.81

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 -13%

Mediatek MT8127 -7%

Apple A5 -7%

HiSilicon Kirin 910T -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8230 -2%

MediaTek MT8312 -2%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad -1%

Apple A5x

Mediatek MT6582 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 0%

Samsung Exynos 7578 3%

Intel Atom Z2480 8%

Mediatek MT6582M 9%

Samsung Exynos 7580 Octa 9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 17%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A 18%

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Apple A8X 1063%

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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Total Score *

31272 ms (53%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
iPad 3 IOS 7	SGX543MP4				31272

Apple A13 Bionic -98%

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HiSilicon Kirin 910 -28%

MediaTek MT8161 -21%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 -20%

Marvell PXA1088 -19%

Marvell PXA986 -19%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -15%

AMD E1-2100 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 215 -5%

AMD A4-1250 -3%

Apple A5x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8225Q 16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A 38%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 45%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 90%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A 90%

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Sunspider - 1.0 Total Score *

1307 ms (14%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
iPad 3 IOS 7	SGX543MP4				1307

Intel Core i5-6260U -93%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8026 -13%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 -11%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -10%

Rockchip RK3188 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8930 -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 -6%

Mediatek MT8125 -3%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -1%

Apple A5x

Broadcom BCM21664T 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 2%

Mediatek MT6592 2%

MediaTek MT8317T 3%

Mediatek MT8165 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 MSM8212 4%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8226 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 5%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 598%

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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *

min: 1329     avg: 1595     median: 1594.5 (15%)     max: 1860 ms

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
iPad 3 IOS 7	SGX543MP4				1329
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				1860

Intel Core i7-5500U -93%

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Renesas MP5232 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8260A -7%

Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 -6%

Mediatek MT6582 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -4%

Marvell PXA986 -4%

NVIDIA Tegra 3 -1%

Apple A5x

Mediatek MT6592 1%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8210 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 8225Q 4%

MediaTek MT8161 4%

MediaTek MT6577 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8227 6%

Broadcom BCM28155 7%

MediaTek MT6575 8%

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Rockchip RK2918 339%

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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - CPU Tests

11087 Points (2%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03	SGX543MP4				11087

Mediatek MT6582M -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -13%

Mediatek MT6582 -12%

Mediatek MT8121 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -7%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad -6%

Rockchip RK3188 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -2%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 -2%

Apple A5x

HiSilicon Kirin 910 2%

Intel Atom Z2580 2%

Mediatek MT8135 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 910T 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 17%

Mediatek Helio G80 21%

Mediatek Helio G70 24%

Mediatek MT6735P 31%

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Apple A13 Bionic 6023%

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* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance

Reviews for the Apple A5x processor

Apple iPad 3. Gen 2012-03 (PowerVR SGX543MP4, 9.7")
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