GPUIntegrated (APU)Released Sep 20, 2013

Apple A7 GPU (PowerVR G6430)

1 GB LPDDR3-1600 · 64-bit

The quad-core PowerVR G6430 is the GPU of the Apple A7, the first 64-bit smartphone chip, introduced in the iPhone 5s in September 2013 and also used in the iPad Air, iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 3. It was the first Apple GPU to support Metal and OpenGL ES 3.0, and it shares 1 GB of LPDDR3 memory with the CPU.

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: A7 GPU (PowerVR G6430)
Segment: Integrated (APU)
GPU chip: Apple A7
Architecture: PowerVR Series6 (Rogue)
Release date: Sep 20, 2013
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Memory

Memory size: 1 GB
Memory type: LPDDR3-1600 (unified)
Bus width: 64-bit
Bandwidth: 12.8 GB/s
Memory clock: —

Clocks & silicon

GPU clock: —
Boost clock: —
Shader units: —
Tensor / AI cores: —
RT cores: —
Transistors: 1 billion
Technology (nm): 28 nm
Samsung 28nm HKMG
TDP / TBP: —

Interface & APIs

Bus interface: Integrated (on-die)
SLI / multi-GPU: None
DirectX: N/A (iOS / iPadOS)
OpenGL: ES 3.0 (deprecated)
Vulkan: via MoltenVK
Other APIs: Metal 2, OpenGL ES 3.0

AI support

Precisions: FP8FP16BF16INT8INT4TF32FP64
AI accelerator: —
Peak AI TOPS: —
Notes: The GPU supports FP16 and INT8 compute through Metal. The A7 has no Neural Engine.

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