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GPUIntegrated (APU)Released Mar 16, 2012

Apple A5X GPU (PowerVR SGX543MP4)

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Quad-core PowerVR SGX543MP4 graphics inside the Apple A5X, which Apple built to drive the 2048 x 1536 Retina display of the iPad (3rd generation). A quad-channel LPDDR2 memory controller gives it twice the memory interface of the A5.

General

Manufacturer
Apple
Model
A5X GPU (PowerVR SGX543MP4)
Segment
Integrated (APU)
GPU chip
Apple A5X
Architecture
PowerVR SGX (Series5XT)
Release date
Mar 16, 2012
Price
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Memory

Memory size
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Memory type
LPDDR2 (unified)
Bus width
128-bit
Bandwidth
12.8 GB/s
Memory clock
—

Clocks & silicon

GPU clock
—
Boost clock
250 MHz
Shader units
—
Tensor / AI cores
—
RT cores
—
Transistors
—
Technology (nm)
45 nm
Samsung 45nm
TDP / TBP
—

Interface & APIs

Bus interface
Integrated (on-die)
SLI / multi-GPU
None
DirectX
N/A (iOS / iPadOS)
OpenGL
OpenGL ES 2.0
Vulkan
—
Other APIs
OpenGL ES 2.0

AI support

Precisions
FP8FP16BF16INT8INT4TF32FP64
AI accelerator
—
Peak AI TOPS
—
Notes
Pre-Metal PowerVR GPU with no programmable machine-learning datapath. Apple does not publish GPU clocks, memory bandwidth or bus width for its A-series chips.

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