iPad Air 9.7″
4 chip options (A7 – A14 Bionic)
A14 Generation Current
| Spec | A14 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
|---|---|
| CPU | |
| CPU Cores | 6 |
| Performance Cores | 2 |
| Performance CPU Name | Firestorm |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 3 |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 |
| Efficiency CPU Name | Icestorm |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8.4-A |
| GPU | |
| GPU cores | 4 |
| Execution Units | 64 |
| ALU Count | 512 |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | Apple |
| NPU | |
| Neural Engine cores | 16 |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 11 |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory options (GB) |
4 6 |
| Media Engine | |
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC |
| Semiconductor Tech | |
| Process node (nm) | 5 |
| Transistors (billion) | 11.8 |
| Die size (mm²) | 88 |
| Part number | APL1W01 |
| Release date | 2020-09-15 |
A12 Generation
| Spec | A12 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
|---|---|
| CPU | |
| CPU Cores | 6 |
| Performance Cores | 2 |
| Performance CPU Name | Vortex |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 2.49 |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 |
| Efficiency CPU Name | Tempest |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8.3-A |
| GPU | |
| GPU cores | 4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | Apple |
| NPU | |
| Neural Engine cores | 8 |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 5 |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X |
| Memory options (GB) |
3 4 |
| Media Engine | |
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC |
| Semiconductor Tech | |
| Process node (nm) | 7 |
| Transistors (billion) | 6.9 |
| Die size (mm²) | 83.27 |
| Part number | APL1W81 |
| Release date | 2018-09-12 |
A8 Generation
| Spec | A8X 3c CPU / 8c GPU |
|---|---|
| CPU | |
| CPU Cores | 3 |
| Performance Cores | 3 |
| Performance CPU Name | Typhoon |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 1.5 |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8-A |
| GPU | |
| GPU cores | 8 |
| GPU Frequency (GHz) | 450 |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | PowerVR |
| Memory | |
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | 25.6 |
| Memory type | LPDDR3 |
| Memory options (GB) | 2 |
| Media Engine | |
| Hardware Acceleration | H264 |
| Semiconductor Tech | |
| Process node (nm) | 20 |
| Transistors (billion) | 3 |
| Die size (mm²) | 128 |
| Part number | APL1021 |
| Release date | 2014-10-16 |
A7 Generation
| Spec | A7 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
|---|---|
| CPU | |
| CPU Cores | 2 |
| Performance Cores | 2 |
| Performance CPU Name | Cyclone |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 1.3 |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8-A |
| GPU | |
| GPU cores | 4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | PowerVR |
| Memory | |
| Memory type | LPDDR3 |
| Memory options (GB) | 1 |
| Media Engine | |
| Hardware Acceleration | H264 |
| Semiconductor Tech | |
| Process node (nm) | 28 |
| Transistors (billion) | 1 |
| Die size (mm²) | 102 |
| Part number | APL0698 |
| Release date | 2013-09-10 |