Apple A6 vs Apple A7: What is the difference?

Has integrated LTE

✖

Apple A6

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Apple A7

The system on a chip (SoC) has an integrated LTE cellular chip. LTE is capable of downloading at faster speeds than older, 3G technology.

download speed

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A6)

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A7)

The download speed is a measurement of the internet connection bandwidth, representing the maximum data transfer rate at which a device can access online content.

upload speed

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A6)

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A7)

The upload speed is a measurement of the internet connection bandwidth, representing the maximum data transfer rate at which a device can send information to a server or another device.

Has TrustZone

✔

Apple A6 (Apple Swift)

✔

Apple A7 (Apple Cyclone)

A technology integrated into the processor to secure the device for use with features such as mobile payments and streaming video using digital rights management (DRM).

uses multithreading

✖

Apple A6

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Apple A7

Multithreading technology (such as Intel’s Hyperthreading or AMD’s Simultaneous Multithreading) provides increased performance by splitting each of the processor’s physical cores into virtual cores, also known as threads. This way, each core can run two instruction streams at once.

Has NX bit

✔

Apple A6 (Apple Swift)

✔

Apple A7 (Apple Cyclone)

NX bit helps protect the computer from malicious attacks.

bits executed at a time

64 (Apple Swift)

128 (Apple Cyclone)

NEON provides acceleration for media processing, such as listening to MP3s.

Has AES

✖

Apple A6

✔

Apple A7 (Apple Cyclone)

AES is used to speed up encryption and decryption.

VFP version

4 (Apple Swift)

4 (Apple Cyclone)

Vector Floating-Point (VFP) is used by the processor to deliver increased performance in areas such as digital imaging.