Apple A7

The Apple A7 operates with:

CPU Cores 2.

CPU Threads: 2.

Performance-enhancing, system-enhancing technology that works faster and saves battery with:

Turbo: 1.40 GHz base 1.40 GHz all cores.

TDP: .

The processor is attached to:

CPU socket: N/A.

This version includes

4.00 MB of L3 cache on one chip

Supports 1 memory channels to support LPDDR3-1333 RAM and features PCIe Gen lanes.

Tjunction keeps below -- degrees C.

In particular, A7 Architecture is enhanced with:

Technology: 28 nm

Virtualization None.

The product was released on Q3/2013.

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CPU generation and family

Name:

Apple A7

Family:

Apple A series

CPU group:

Apple A7

Predecessor:

Segment:

Mobile

Generation:

Successor:

Apple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Frequency:

1.30 GHz

Turbo (1 Core):

1.40 GHz

Turbo (64 Cores)::

Hyperthreading:

Core architecture:

normal

CPU Cores:

CPU Threads:

Overclocking:

Memory & PCIe

Memory type:

LPDDR3-1333

PCIe version:

Memory channels:

PCIe version:

PCIe lanes:

Encryption

AES-NI:

Internal Graphics

Memory type:

LPDDR3-1333

GPU name:

PowerVR G6430

GPU frequency:

0.45 GHz

GPU (Turbo):

0.45 GHz

Generation:

DirectX Version:

Execution units:

Shader:

Max memory:

Max. displays:

Technology:

28 nm

Release date:

Q3/2013

Technical details

Instruction set (ISA):

x86-64 (64 bit)

Architecture:

L2-Cache:

1.00 MB

Virtualization:

None

L3-Cache:

4.00 MB

Release date:

Q3/2013

Socket:

N/A

Thermal Management

TDP (PL1):

TDP (PL2):

TDP Up:

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.

AMD A8-7150B 286 (15%)

AMD A6-4455M 283 (15%)

Intel Celeron N3450 281 (15%)

Apple A7 278 (15%)

AMD A8-3520M 277 (15%)

AMD A4-3305M 276 (15%)

AMD A4-3310MX 273 (14%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.

Intel Atom x5-Z8350 533 (1%)

Intel Celeron 1007U 531 (1%)

MediaTek Helio G35 531 (1%)

Apple A7 528 (1%)

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HiSilicon Kirin 620 505 (1%)

AMD E2-6110 505 (1%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.

HiSilicon Kirin 950 122 (1%)

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Intel Core i5-2500T 120 (1%)

Apple A7 115 (1%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 115 (1%)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 450 115 (1%)

Samsung Exynos 5800 115 (1%)