Friday, April 1, 2011

Comparison Between Apple iPad 2 A5 and Tegra 2


APPLE A5

Tegra 2

Price

$25

$15-20

Processor

CPU

Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9

Dual-Core ARM Cortex A9

Frequency

1 GHz, per core

1 GHz, per core

L2 Cache

1 MB

L1 Cache (I/D)

(32KB / 32KB) per core

Memory

Frequency


LPDDR2

DDR2-667 (Tegra 250)
LPDDR2-600 (Tegra 230 and Tegra 250)

Memory Size

512 MB

Up to 1GB

GPU

Architecture

PowerVR SGX 543MP2

ULP GeForce

Cores

8

Fully Programmable

Yes

OpenGL ES Version

2

OpenVG

1.1

EGL

1.4

Video (1080p)

Decode

H.264
MPEG4
MJPEG

H.264
VC-1 AP
MPEG2
MPEG4
DivX 4/5
XviD HT
H.263
Theora
VP8
WMV
Sorenson Spark
Real Video
VP6

Encode

H.264 720p
MPEG4
MJPEG

H.264 1080p
MPEG4
H.263
VP8

Video Teleconference (VTC)

H.264
MPEG4

H.264
MPEG4
H.263
VP8

Audio

Decode

HE AAC
AAC
MP3
AIFF
WAV


AAC-LC
AAC+
eAAC+
MP3
MP3 VBR
WAV/PCM
AMR-NB
AMR-WB
BSAC
MPEG-2 Audio
Vorbis
WMA 9
WMA Lossless
WMA Pro
G.729a *
G.711 *
QCELP *
EVRC *

* Through third party

Encode

HE AAC
AAC
MP3
AIFF
WAV

AAC LC
AAC+
eAAC+
PCM/WAV
AMR-NB
AMR-WB

Imaging

Primary Camera

720P

12 MP

Secondary Camera

VGA

5 MP

Mpixel/s

150

Digital Zoom

4x

Up to 16x

JPEG Decoding/Encoding

80MP/sec

Still image stabilitization

Yes

Video stabilization

Yes

Features

Auto Exposure
Auto White Balance
Auto Focus
Lens Shading 9th order
De-Mosaic
Sharpening
Programmable De-Noise

MIPI CSI

Yes

Display

Display Controllers

2 simultaneous

HDMI 1.3


1920x1080

LCD

1024x768

1024x600 (Tegra 230)
1680x1050 (Tegra 250)

CRT

1280x1024 (Tegra 230)
1600x1200 (Tegra 250)

MIPI DSI

Yes

Package

Package

12x12 PoP (Tegra 230 and Tegra 250)
23x23 BGA (Tegra 250)

Process

45 nm

40 nm

According to lalit, "in both CPU and GPU performance Apple’s A5 processor left NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 in the dust, performing at least 2x faster and sometimes even 5x faster. Apple is not only able to compete with other chipmakers, but as of now they have the best ARM dual-core processor on the market. And the bad news for other smartphone and tablet makers is that only Apple products like iPad and iPhone will have access to A5 processor".


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