cpu
Apple A12X Bionic
8C/8T · 2.5 GHz
Released
Nov 7, 2018
CPUTabletReleased Nov 2, 2012
Apple A6X
2C/2T · 1.4 GHz
The Apple A6X is the tablet version of the A6, introduced on October 23, 2012 exclusively for the fourth-generation iPad. It pairs two Swift cores at up to 1.4 GHz and 1 MB of L2 cache with a quad-core PowerVR SGX554MP4 GPU and a quad-channel LPDDR2 memory interface, doubling the graphics performance of the A5X to drive the Retina display. Built on Samsung's 32 nm process, it has a 123 mm2 die under a metal heat spreader.
General
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Model
- Apple A6X
- Segment
- Tablet
- Generation
- A-series (A6X)
- Codename
- —
- Architecture
- ARMv7
- Microarchitecture
- Swift
- Release date
- Nov 2, 2012
- Price
Cores & clocks
- Cores / threads
- 2 cores / 2 threads
- Base clock
- —
- Boost clock
- 1.40 GHz
- TDP (design W)
- —
- Unlocked
- ✕ No
- L2 cache
- 1 MB
- L3 cache
- —
- Technology (nm)
- 32 nmSamsung 32 nm HKMG
Platform
- Socket
- BGA (soldered SoC)
- 2-CPU (multi-socket)
- ✕ No
- Integrated GPU
- PowerVR SGX554MP4
- Memory type
- LPDDR2-1066 (unified)4-channel
- Memory size
- Up to 1 GB
- ECC memory
- ✕ No
- PCIe
- —
Instructions & AI
- Instruction extensions
- ARMv7-A (armv7s)NEONVFPv4
- NPU
- None
OS support
- Notes
- The A6X runs only Apple iOS. The fourth-generation iPad launched with iOS 6 and received updates through iOS 10. The chip was never used in a Mac and does not run macOS, Windows or desktop Linux distributions.
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