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iPhone 5 A6 chip uses a custom ARMv7 core, faster than A5X chip on the new iPad: AnandTech

By: Sahil Bones Gupta |Sep 17th, 2012 at 01:59PM
Filed Under: Apple, Mobile, News

Ever since the iPhone 5 has been launched there has been a lot of confusion about the A6 chip Apple uses in it. Some thought it was a quad-core ARM Cortex A9, and then some thought it was an ARM Cortex A15. Benchmark experts, AnandTech have uncovered an even more puzzling revelation. According to them, the A6 chip inside the iPhone 5 is a completely custom designed Apple chip using an ARMv7 core. Additionally, some GeekBench benchmarks have surfaced courtesy MacRumors that suggest this new chip is significant...