Apple A6x

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.

Benchmarks

3DMark - Ice Storm Standard Physics 1280x720

8647 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			8647

Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro

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AMD A4-5150M -3%

Mediatek Helio P25 -2%

Intel Pentium 2129Y -2%

Mediatek MT6753 -1%

Mediatek MT6592 -1%

AMD A4 Micro-6400T -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 0%

Mediatek MT8127 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 0%

Apple A6x

MediaTek MT8161 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 1%

Intel Celeron N3050 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 2%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 3%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 6%

Intel Celeron N2810 6%

AMD A4-4355M 8%

Mediatek MT6750 8%

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Intel Core i5-4300Y 1698%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Extreme Physics 1920x1080

8627 Points (11%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			8627

Nvidia Tegra X1

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -5%

Mediatek MT6589 -5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -3%

MediaTek MT8161 -3%

Mediatek MT6753 -1%

AMD A6 Pro-7050B -1%

Mediatek MT8127 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 0%

Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 MSM8952 3%

Marvell Armada PXA1908 3%

Mediatek MT6592 6%

Mediatek MT6750 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 13%

HiSilicon Kirin 935 14%

Mediatek MT6737T 14%

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 795%

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3DMark - Ice Storm Unlimited Physics 1280x720 offscreen

8850 Points (11%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			8850

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play MSM8625Q -66%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 616 MSM8939v2 -8%

Mediatek MT8125 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 MSM8939 -7%

Spreadtrum SC9830A -6%

Mediatek MT6737 -6%

Mediatek MT6582 -5%

Mediatek MT6582M -3%

Mediatek MT8135 -3%

Samsung Exynos 3475 Quad -3%

Apple A6x

Intel Atom Z2560 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 0%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 1%

Samsung Exynos 3470 Quad 1%

Mediatek MT8121 1%

AMD A4-5150M 2%

Mediatek MT8127 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 3%

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AMD Ryzen 7 2700X 793%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Stream

1012 Points (8%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			1012

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -94%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 626 -14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 -13%

Intel Atom Z2560 -12%

Intel Atom Z2460 -11%

Apple A6 -7%

Samsung Exynos 5250 Dual -4%

HiSilicon Kirin 659 -4%

Intel Atom Z2480 -4%

Mediatek Helio P25 -3%

Apple A6x

Intel Atom Z2580 1%

Samsung Exynos 9810 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 11%

AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 15%

Samsung Exynos 8895 Octa 19%

Samsung Exynos 5260 Hexa 23%

AMD C-70 23%

Intel Atom Z2760 24%

Samsung Exynos 7885 27%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 1125%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Memory

2053 Points (19%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			2053

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -85%

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Intel Celeron N2815 -5%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 -5%

Intel Atom Z3735F -5%

Intel Celeron N2807 -4%

AMD A4 Micro-6400T -3%

Samsung Exynos 9810 -3%

Intel Atom Z3735D -2%

Intel Celeron N2810 -1%

AMD A6-5200 -1%

Apple A6x

AMD A4-5000 0%

Intel Core 2 Duo (Desktop) E6600 1%

Intel Atom Z3740D 1%

Intel Celeron N2820 1%

Intel Atom Z3740 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 3%

AMD A4-6210 5%

Intel Celeron N3150 6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 6%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 437%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Floating Point

2262 Points (6%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			2262

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -98%

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Mediatek MT6582M -6%

Intel Atom Z3735F -4%

AMD E1-2500 -4%

Intel Celeron N3050 -4%

Intel Celeron N2910 -3%

Mediatek MT6589 -3%

Mediatek MT6737 -2%

AMD A6-1450 -1%

Intel Atom Z3735D -1%

Apple A6x

Intel Celeron 2955U 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 4%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 4%

Intel Celeron 2957U 5%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T 11%

Intel Atom Z3740D 15%

Intel Atom Z3740 15%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 16%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 1441%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Integer

1330 Points (4%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			1330

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -92%

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NVIDIA Tegra 3 -11%

Mediatek MT8125 -9%

AMD C-70 -6%

Mediatek MT6582 -6%

Mediatek MT6582M -6%

Apple A6 -5%

Mediatek MT6589 -3%

Intel Atom Z2580 -2%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -1%

Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 3%

Intel Celeron N2805 5%

AMD E1-1200 8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 11%

Intel Atom Z2760 17%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 18%

Intel Celeron N2807 18%

AMD E1-2500 22%

Intel Celeron 847 25%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 2341%

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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Total Score

1768 Points (7%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			1768

Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227 -93%

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Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus APQ8060A -17%

Intel Atom Z2580 -16%

HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 -11%

Mediatek MT6737 -11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus MSM8960 -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 -10%

Apple A6 -7%

Intel Celeron N2807 -6%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB -2%

Apple A6x

AMD E2-1800 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T 5%

AMD A6-1450 6%

Intel Celeron N2810 7%

AMD E1-2500 8%

Samsung Exynos 4412 Quad 8%

Intel Celeron N2815 8%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 10%

Intel Celeron 847 14%

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Intel Core i9-7900X 1379%

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Multi-Core Score

1424 Points (5%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			1424

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -84%

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Intel Atom Z2580 -9%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8928 -8%

AMD E1-6010 -7%

Intel Celeron N2810 -7%

AMD E1-2500 -6%

Intel Celeron N2815 -6%

Rockchip RK3188 -1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 MSM8916 -1%

Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064A 3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 APQ8028 5%

Mediatek MT8135 5%

Mediatek MT6735 7%

Intel Celeron N3050 7%

HiSilicon Kirin 910 9%

Intel Celeron N2820 9%

Intel Celeron N2830 10%

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Intel Core i7-6950X 2086%

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Geekbench 3 - 32 Bit Single-Core Score

781 Points (17%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			781

Samsung Hummingbird S5PC110 / Exynos 3110 -69%

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Intel Atom x5-Z8350 -4%

Intel Atom x5-Z8300 -4%

AMD E1-6010 -3%

HiSilicon Kirin 930 -3%

Intel Celeron N2810 -2%

Intel Atom Z3745 -2%

Mediatek MT8135 -2%

AMD E2-3800 -1%

Rockchip RK3288 0%

Apple A6x

Intel Atom Z3735D 0%

Intel Atom Z3735F 1%

AMD E1-2500 1%

Intel Atom Z3736F 1%

Intel Atom Z3740 1%

Intel Celeron N2930 7%

Intel Celeron N3150 9%

Intel Celeron N3050 10%

HiSilicon Kirin 920 10%

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Intel Core i7-7740X 481%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Multi Thread

654.3 MFLOPS (22%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			654.29

Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 APQ8016

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Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa -25%

HiSilicon Kirin 950 -20%

Apple A6 -19%

Intel Atom Z3560 -18%

Intel Atom Z3745 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB -8%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa -8%

Nvidia Tegra 4 -3%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA -3%

Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 APQ8064T 2%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 8%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa 8%

Intel Atom Z3770 10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC 10%

Nvidia Tegra K1 11%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AB 14%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 20%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 24%

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Apple A8X 271%

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Linpack Android / IOS - Single Thread

382.4 MFLOPS (37%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			382.4

Nvidia Tegra X1

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HiSilicon Kirin 950 -14%

Apple A6 -12%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 MSM8992 -12%

Samsung Exynos 5433 Octa -11%

Samsung Exynos 5260 Hexa -10%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 APQ8074AB -9%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -8%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 -6%

Samsung Exynos 5420 Octa -1%

Apple A6x

Samsung Exynos 5430 Octa 1%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AA 11%

Nvidia Tegra 4 45%

Apple A7 63%

Samsung Exynos 7420 Octa 64%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 75%

Nvidia Tegra K1 76%

Apple A9 77%

Apple A8 101%

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Apple A8X 167%

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Sunspider - 0.9.1 Total Score *

895.3 ms (8%)

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Model	GPU	Memory	Core / Memory	GPU Memory	Value
Apple iPad 4	SGX554MP4	1024 MB			895.3

Intel Core i7-5500U -88%

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Intel Atom Z3745 -26%

Mediatek MT8135 -22%

Intel Celeron N2840 -17%

Intel Atom Z2760 -16%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 -15%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 -13%

AMD Athlon Neo MV-40 -7%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC -3%

Mediatek MT6752 -2%

Apple A6x

Qualcomm Snapdragon 805 APQ8084 1%

Intel Atom Z3460 1%

Samsung Exynos 4212 1.5 GHz 2%

Intel Atom Z2580 3%

Intel Atom Z3560 3%

Nvidia Tegra K1 (Denver) 3%

Apple A6 4%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 8930AB 7%

Rockchip RK3188 10%

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unknown 682%

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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 A6x processor

Apple iPad 4 (PowerVR SGX554MP4, 9.7")
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