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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.

SeriesApple Apple A-Series

Series: Apple A-Series

Apple A18 Pro compare - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
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Apple A15 Bionic compare2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 compare1 GHz2 cores
Clock Rate1400 MHz
Number of Cores / Threads2
Manufacturing Technology32 nm
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date10/23/2012

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
8647 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
8627 Points (7%)
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
8850 Points (7%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
1424 points (3%)
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Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
781 points (15%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
1012 Points (8%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
2053 Points (19%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
2262 Points (4%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
1330 Points (3%)
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Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
1768 Points (5%)
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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
654 MFLOPS (22%)
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Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
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Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
895 ms (8%)
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Other CPUs of the series Apple A-Series

» Apple A18 Pro
   6x - 4 GHz
» Apple A17 Pro
   6x 2.11 GHz - 3.78 GHz
» Apple A18
   6x - 3.8 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 A12X Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A14 Bionic
   6x 1.8 GHz - 3.1 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

+ Apple S8
   2x 1.8 GHz
+ Apple S7
   2x 1.8 GHz
+ Apple S6
   2x 1.8 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100+
   5x - 1.7 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 4100
   4x - 1.7 GHz
» Apple A6x
   2x 1.4 GHz
- Intel Atom Z2580
   2x 1.3 GHz - 2 GHz
- MediaTek MTK 8113T
   2x 2 GHz