Apple A4 vs Nvidia Tegra K1 T124
Comparison of the technical characteristics between the processors, with the Apple A4 on one side and the Nvidia Tegra K1 T124 on the other side. The first is dedicated to the smartphone sector, It has 2 cores, 2 threads, a maximum frequency of 1.0GHz. The second is used on the console segment, it has a total of 4 cores, 4 threads, its turbo frequency is set to 2.3 GHz. The following table also compares the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the release date, the maximum number of PCIe lanes, the values obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15.
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Specifications:
Processor | |
Apple A4 |
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Nvidia Tegra K1 T124 |
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Market | |
Smartphone |
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Console |
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Family | |
A series |
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Tegra |
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Part number(s), S-Spec | |
S5L8930X |
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Tegra K1-32, Tegra K1 (32-bit) |
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Release date | |
Q1 2010 |
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Q2 2014 |
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Lithography | |
45 nm |
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28 nm HPM |
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Transistors | |
149,000,000 |
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- |
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Cores | |
2 |
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4 |
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Threads | |
2 |
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4 |
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Base frequency | |
1.0 GHz |
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2.3 GHz |
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Turbo frequency | |
- |
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- |
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High performance cores | |
2x ARM Cortex-A8 @ 1.0 GHz |
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4x ARM Cortex-A15 R3 @ 2.3 GHz |
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Cache memory | |
512 KB |
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1 MB |
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Max memory capacity | |
512 MB |
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8 GB |
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Memory types | |
DDR SDRAM |
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DDR3L, LPDDR3 |
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Max # of memory channels | |
2 |
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2 |
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Max memory bandwidth | |
3.2 GB/s |
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17 GB/s |
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TDP | |
5 W |
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8 W |
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GPU integrated graphics | |
Imagination PowerVR SGX535 |
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NVIDIA Tegra K1 Kepler GPU |
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GPU execution units | |
2 |
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1 |
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GPU shading units | |
8 |
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192 |
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GPU base clock rate | |
- |
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756 MHz |
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GPU max clock rate | |
200 MHz |
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951 MHz |
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GPU FP32 floating point | |
1.6 GFLOPS |
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365 GFLOPS |
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AnTuTu | |
5,100 |
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154,580 |
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(iOS 64-bit | Android 64-bit) Geekbench 4 single core | |
211 |
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1,068 |
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(iOS 64-bit | Android 64-bit) Geekbench 4 multi-core | |
211 |
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2,841 |
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(SGEMM) GFLOPS performance | |
0.5 GFLOPS |
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15.2 GFLOPS |
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(Multi-core / watt performance) Performance / watt ratio | |
42 pts / W |
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355 pts / W |
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We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. The processor Nvidia Tegra K1 T124 has a larger number of cores, the turbo frequency of Nvidia Tegra K1 T124 is bigger, that the PDT of Apple A4 is lower. The Nvidia Tegra K1 T124 was started more recently.
Performances :
Performance comparison between the two processors, for this we consider the results generated on benchmark software such as Geekbench 4.
The difference is 2931%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
AnTuTu is one of the most popular apps in the world to evaluate and compare the power of a mobile device with the competition. It tests above all the power of calculation, the display of Web pages, the modeling of decorations in 3D, the management of the memory, the transfer of data.
In single core, the difference is 406%. In multi-core, the difference in terms of gap is 1246%.
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average of the performances got with these processors, you may get different results.
Geekbench 4 is a complete benchmark platform with several types of tests, including data compression, images, AES encryption, SQL encoding, HTML, PDF file rendering, matrix computation, Fast Fourier Transform, 3D object simulation, photo editing, memory testing. This allows us to better visualize the respective power of these devices. For each result, we took an average of 250 values on the famous benchmark software.
Equivalence:
Apple A4 Intel equivalentApple A4 AMD equivalentNvidia Tegra K1 T124 Intel equivalentNvidia Tegra K1 T124 AMD equivalentSee also:
Apple A10 FusionApple A10X FusionApple A11 BionicApple A12 BionicApple A12X BionicApple A12Z BionicApple A13 BionicApple A13X BionicApple A14 BionicApple A14X BionicApple A5Apple A5XApple A6Apple A6XApple A7Apple A8Apple A8XApple A9Apple A9XSmartphones with the processor Apple A4:
Apple iPhone 4
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