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Apple A6

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.

SeriesApple Apple A-Series

Series: Apple A-Series

Apple A19 Pro compare2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A19 compare2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro compare2.42 - 4.04 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 compare2.42 - 4.04 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic compare2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 « 1 GHz2 cores
Clock Rate1000 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads2
Manufacturing Technology32 nm
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date09/12/2012

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
7961 Points (6%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
7816 Points (6%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
1273 points (2%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
min: 701     avg: 706     median: 705.5 (9%)     max: 710 points
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
940 Points (5%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
1867 Points (13%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
2114 Points (4%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
1261 Points (3%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
1648 Points (4%)
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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
min: 484     avg: 530     median: 529.5 (18%)     max: 575 MFLOPS
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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
min: 309.4     avg: 337.3     median: 337.3 (33%)     max: 365.2 MFLOPS
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
14535 ms (17%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 714     avg: 722     median: 722 (8%)     max: 730 ms
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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
935 ms (9%)
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
24996 Points (3%)
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Other CPUs of the series Apple A-Series

» Apple A19 Pro
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz
» Apple A19
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz
» Apple A18 Pro
   6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz
» Apple A18
   6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz
» Apple A17 Pro
   6x 2.11 GHz - 3.78 GHz
» Apple A16 Bionic
   6x 2.02 GHz - 3.46 GHz
» Apple A15 Bionic
   6x 2.02 GHz - 3.23 GHz
» Apple A12Z Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A14 Bionic
   6x 1.8 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Apple A12X Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A13 Bionic
   6x - 2.66 GHz
» Apple A12 Bionic
   6x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A11 Bionic
   6x - 2.39 GHz
» Apple A10X Fusion
   6x 2.39 GHz
» Apple A10 Fusion
   4x 2.34 GHz
» Apple A6x
   2x 1.4 GHz
» Apple A6
   2x 1 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916
   4x 1.4 GHz
+ Intel Atom Z3736G
   4x 1.33 GHz - 2.16 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+
   5x - 1.7 GHz
+ Intel Atom Z2580
   2x 1.3 GHz - 2 GHz
+ Spreadtrum SC9830A
   4x 1.5 GHz
» Apple A6
   2x 1 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960DT
   2x 1.7 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100
   4x - 1.7 GHz
- Mediatek MT8127
   4x 1.5 GHz
- Allwinner B810
   4x 0.4 GHz - 1.5 GHz
- Mediatek MT6582M
   4x 1.3 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)