Information about the Apple A8 segment (for desktops or laptops) and the CPU family, along with the sales starting date.

• Name
  Apple A8
• Segment
  Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series
• Generation
  8
• CPU group
  Apple A8/A8X
• Predecessor
  Apple A7
• Successor
  Apple A9

Technical and quantitative specifications of the Apple A8: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  1.10 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  1.50 GHz
• CPU Threads
  2
• Turbo (2 Cores)
  1.50 GHz
• Hyperthreading
  No
• Overclocking
  No
• Core architecture
  normal
• A core
  2x Typhoon

Common specifications for the integrated graphics card in Apple A8 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Apple A8
• GPU frequency
  0.53 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo
• Execution units
  4
• Shader
  128
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB
• Max. displays
  1
• Generation
  5
• Technology
  20 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2014

List of video codecs supported by the Apple A8 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
  Decode
• VP9
  No
• VP8
  No
• AV1
  No
• AVC
  Decode
• VC-1
  Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode

Memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version of the Apple A8. 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
  LPDDR3-1600
• Max. Memory
  2 GB
• ECC
  No
• Memory channels
  1

Support for AES-NI encryption on the Apple A8 CPU.

• AES-NI
  No

Let's find out what TDP has the Apple A8? 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.

• TDP (PL1)
  5 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for the Apple A8 CPU along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None
• L2-Cache
  1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A8
• Technology
  20 nm
• Socket
  N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2014

List of devices based on Apple A8.

• Used in
  Apple iPhone 6Apple iPhone 6 PlusApple iPad Mini 4Apple TV HDApple HomePodApple iPod touch (6. Gen)