Apple TV

Apple TV (3rd generation) 1 chip A5 (2c CPU / 2c GPU) Apple TV (2nd generation) 1 chip A4 (1c CPU / 1c GPU)
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Chip Comparison

Spec A5
2c CPU / 2c GPU
A4
1c CPU / 1c GPU
CPU
CPU Cores 2 1
Performance Core Speed (GHz) 0.8 0.8
CPU ISA ARMv7-A ARMv7-A
GPU
GPU cores 2 1
Ray Tracing ✗ ✗
GPU Vendor PowerVR PowerVR
Memory
Memory type LPDDR2 LPDDR
Memory options (GB) 0.5 0.5
Media Engine
Hardware Acceleration H264 H264
Semiconductor Tech
Process node (nm) 45 45
Die size (mm²) 122.2 53.3
Part number S5L8940X S5L8930X
Release date 2011-10-04 2010-06-07