description Apple A6

• Name
  Apple A6
• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A6/A6X
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  6
• Predecessor
  Apple A5
• Successor
  Apple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  2 / 2
• Core architecture
  normal
• Cores
  2x Swift
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Frequency
  1.30 GHz

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.27 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  6
• Shader
  48
• Max. displays
  1
• Direct X
  10
• Technology
  32 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2012

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

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

• Technology
  32 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB
• Architecture
  A6
• Operating systems
  iOS
• Virtualization
  None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Release date
  Q3/2012
• Part Number
  APL 0598