Information about the Apple A4 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Apple A4
• Family
  Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple A4
• Segment
  Mobile
• Generation
  4

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Apple A4: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• CPU Cores / Threads
  1 / 1
• Core architecture
  normal
• Cores
  1x Cortex-A8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Frequency
  0.80 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.00 GHz

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Apple A4 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX535
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  2
• Shader
  2
• Max. displays
  1
• Direct X
  10.1
• Technology
  65nm
• Release date
  Q4/2007

List of video codecs supported by the Apple A4 CPU. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• 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, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Apple A4. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800
• Memory channels
  1 (Single Channel)
• ECC
  No
• AES-NI
  No

Let's find out what TDP has the Apple A4? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Apple A4 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Technology
  45 nm
• Chip design
  Chiplet
• Socket
  N/A
• L2-Cache
  0.51 MB
• Architecture
  A4
• Operating systems
  iOS
• Virtualization
  None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• Release date
  Q2/2010