iPad mini
iPad mini (7th gen)
1 chip
A17 Pro (6c CPU / 5c GPU)
iPad mini (6th gen)
1 chip
A15 Bionic (6c CPU / 5c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad mini (5th gen)
1 chip
A12 Bionic (6c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad mini 4
1 chip
A8 (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad mini 3
1 chip
A7 (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad mini 2
1 chip
A7 (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad mini (1st gen)
1 chip
A5 (2c CPU / 2c GPU)
Discontinued
Chip Comparison
| Spec | A17 Pro 6c CPU / 5c GPU |
A15 Bionic 6c CPU / 5c GPU |
A12 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
A8 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
A7 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
A5 2c CPU / 2c GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devices | iPad mini (7th gen) | Apple TV 4K (3rd generation) | – | – | – | – |
| CPU | ||||||
| CPU Cores | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Performance Cores | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Performance CPU Name | – | Avalanche | Vortex | Typhoon | Cyclone | – |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 3.78 | 3.24 | 2.49 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.8 |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Efficiency CPU Name | – | Blizzard | Tempest | – | – | – |
| Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) | 2.11 | 2.01 | – | – | – | – |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A | ARMv7-A |
| GPU | ||||||
| GPU cores | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Execution Units | 80 | 80 | – | – | – | – |
| ALU Count | 640 | 640 | – | – | – | – |
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | Apple | Apple | Apple | PowerVR | PowerVR | PowerVR |
| NPU | ||||||
| Neural Engine cores | 16 | 16 | 8 | – | – | – |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 35 | 15.8 | 5 | – | – | – |
| Memory | ||||||
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR3 | LPDDR3 | LPDDR2 |
| Memory options (GB) | 8 | 6 |
3 4 |
1 | 1 | 0.5 |
| Media Engine | ||||||
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC ProRes |
H264 HEVC ProRes |
H264 HEVC |
H264 | H264 | H264 |
| AV1 Decode | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Semiconductor Tech | ||||||
| Process node (nm) | 3 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 45 |
| Transistors (billion) | 19 | 15 | 6.9 | 2 | 1 | – |
| Die size (mm²) | – | – | 83.27 | 89 | 102 | 122.2 |
| Part number | APL1V02 | APL1W07 | APL1W81 | APL1011 | APL0698 | S5L8940X |
| Release date | 2024-10-15 | 2021-09-14 | 2018-09-12 | 2014-09-09 | 2013-09-10 | 2011-10-04 |