Apple A8X
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GPU(s) | PowerVR Series6XT GXA6850 (8 cores)[4][6] |
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Predecessor(s) | Apple A7 |
Successor(s) | Apple A9 (iPad 5) Apple A9X (iPad Pro) |
The Apple A8X is a
Design
The A8X has three cores clocked at 1.5 GHz, a more powerful GPU compared to the A8 and it contains 3 billion transistors.[8] With an extra 100 MHz and an additional core, the A8X performs around 13% better on single threaded and 55% better on multithreaded operations than the A8 inside the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.[3]
Further comparison to the A8 shows that the A8X uses a metal
In a first for Apple, the A8X is reported to have a semi-custom GPU. The A8X uses an 8-cluster GPU based on Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series 6XT architecture. Officially, the largest implementation of Rogue is a 6-cluster design, indicating that Apple has made customizations to the design in order to provide higher performance. This GPU is referred to as the GXA6850, with the "A" denoting the Apple customization.[10]
The A8X has video codec encoding support for H.264. It has decoding support for H.264, MPEG‑4, and Motion JPEG.[11]
Patent litigation
The A8X's
Products that include the Apple A8X
See also
- Apple silicon, the range of ARM-based processors designed by Apple.
- Comparison of ARMv8-A cores
References
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