Comparing Apple A6X vs Apple A6X

description_compare Intel Atom Z2580 and Apple A6X

• Name
  Intel Atom Z2580 Apple A6X
• Family
  Intel Atom Apple A series
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z2500/Z2700 Apple A6/A6X
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  2 6
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A5X
• Successor
  -- Apple A8X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 4 2 / 2
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Cores
  2x 2x Swift
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Frequency
  2.00 GHz 1.40 GHz

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX544 MP2 PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.53 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  4 16
• Shader
  8 128
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Direct X
  10.1 10
• Technology
  45nm 32 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2010 Q3/2012

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  Decode / Encode No
• VP8
  Decode No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-1066 LPDDR2-1066
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 1 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 4 (Quad Channel)
• Bandwidth
  8.5 GB/s 17.1 GB/s
• ECC
  No No
• AES-NI
  No No

• Tjunction max.
  90 \xc2\xb0C --

• Technology
  32 nm 32 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Chiplet
• Socket
  BGA N/A
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB 1.00 MB
• Architecture
  Cloverview A6
• Operating systems
  iOS
• Virtualization
  None None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• ISA extensions
  MMX, SSE3, SSSE3
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2012
• Part Number
  -- APL 0598
• Documents
  Technical data sheet --