Apple iPhone 5S smartphone powered by the latest processor called the Apple A7 . As we know , Apple A7 is the first 64-bit processor made ​​by a company based in Cupertino . Based on the information Apple A7 outstanding specification , the processor is equipped with quad - core graphics . Opera recently about Apple A7 processor specification detail has been circulated and is known to have experienced a jump or a significant increase compared to the Apple A6 used in the iPhone 5 smartphone . What are the improvements brought by Apple A7 ? Consider the following discussion .

Apple A7 processor is manufactured by Samsung using a 28nm HKMG technology ( High - K Metal Gate ) and use the code name Cyclone . Apple A7 processor architecture carries the new 64-bit ARMv8 the same speed with the Apple A6 , which is 1.3 GHz . Although Apple A7 is a dual - core processor , but the resulting performance is quite high and even beat the quad - core processor that is used by Android in some benchmarks . It can not be separated from optimizations performed by Apple against A7 processor architecture .

That is why until now, Apple still remains faithful to use dual - core processors due to the resulting performance is very satisfactory . In fact some sources say Apple's dual-core processor is still more responsive than quad - core processors in Android . Graphical sector , Apple A7 uses a new generation of graphics processors Imagination PowerVR G6430 Technology ie quad - core standards that have supported OpenGL 3.0, DirectX 10 and OpenCL 1.x. Apple equip the iPhone 5S with 1GB of RAM memory types LPDDR3 , newer than that used by the iPhone 5 and 5C are still using LPDDR2 type .

Apple co - processor while M7 was made by a manufacturer named NXP of which consists of a chip NXP LPC18A1 which is part of the NXP LPC1800 chip . The M7 Apple handles multiple tasks , namely gyroscope sensor , accelerometer , compass , and much more . As reported by GSM Arena ( 24/09/2013 ) , although Apple A7 processor specification is similar to the Apple A6 processor , but the performance it produces nearly two times faster than its predecessor generation