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Cortex-A53 µarch
General Info
Arch Type	CPU
Designer	ARM Holdings
Manufacturer	TSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, SMIC
Introduction	October 30, 2012
Process	28 nm, 20 nm, 16 nm, 14 nm, 10 nm
Core Configs	1, 2, 3, 4
Pipeline
Type	In-order
OoOE	No
Speculative	No
Reg Renaming	No
Stages	8
Decode	2-way
Instructions
ISA	ARMv8
Extensions	FPU, NEON, TrustZone
Cache
L1I Cache	8-64 KiB/core 2-way set associative
L1D Cache	8-64 KiB/core 4-way set associative
L2 Cache	128 KiB - 2 MiB/cluster 16-way set associative
Succession
Cortex-A7 Cortex-A55

Cortex-A53 (formerly Apollo) is an ultra-high efficiency microarchitecture designed by ARM Holdings as a successor to the Cortex-A7. The Cortex-A53, which implemented the ARMv8 ISA, is typically found in entry-level smartphone and other embedded devices. Often A53 cores are combined with higher performance processors (e.g. based on Cortex-A57 or Cortex-A72) in big.LITTLE configuration to achieve better energy/performance.

Note that this microarchitecture is designed as a synthesizable IP core and is sold to other semiconductor companies to be implemented in their own chips.

Process Technology

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Compiler support

Compiler	Arch-Specific	Arch-Favorable	Arch-Target
GCC	-march=armv8-a	-mtune=cortex-a53	-mcpu=cortex-a53
LLVM	-march=armv8-a	-mtune=cortex-a53	-mcpu=cortex-a53

Note that for big.LITTLE system it's possible specify more specific performance tunes:

• -mtune=cortex-a57.cortex-a53
• -mtune=cortex-a72.cortex-a53
• -mtune=cortex-a73.cortex-a53

Architecture

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Die

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All Cortex-A53 Chips

	List of all Cortex-A53 Chips
	Main processor										IGP
Model	Launched	Designer	Family	Process	Core	C	T	L2$	L3$	Frequency	Max Mem	Designer	Name	Frequency
7270	November 2016	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	2	2			1 GHz 1,000 MHz 1,000,000 kHz
7420	April 2015	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57	8	8			2.1 GHz 2,100 MHz 2,100,000 kHz , 1.5 GHz 1,500 MHz 1,500,000 kHz
7570	30 August 2016	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	4	4			1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz
7580	June 2015	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.6 GHz 1,600 MHz 1,600,000 kHz
7870	17 February 2016	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.6 GHz 1,600 MHz 1,600,000 kHz
7872	17 January 2018	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm		6	6			2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz , 1.5 GHz 1,500 MHz 1,500,000 kHz
7880	March 2017	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.9 GHz 1,900 MHz 1,900,000 kHz
7885	13 February 2018	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53	8	8			2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz , 1.6 GHz 1,600 MHz 1,600,000 kHz
7904	21 January 2019	Samsung, Arm Holdings	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53	8	8			1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz
8890	21 February 2016	Samsung	Exynos	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Exynos M1, Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB , 0.25 MiB 256 KiB 262,144 B 2.441406e-4 GiB		2.3 GHz 2,300 MHz 2,300,000 kHz , 1.6 GHz 1,600 MHz 1,600,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
8895	29 March 2017	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Mongoose 2	8	8	1 MiB 1,024 KiB 1,048,576 B 9.765625e-4 GiB , 0.5 MiB 512 KiB 524,288 B 4.882812e-4 GiB	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB	2.314 GHz 2,314 MHz 2,314,000 kHz , 1.69 GHz 1,690 MHz 1,690,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G71
9110	9 August 2018	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	2	2				1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T720
9610	October 2018	Samsung, ARM Holdings	Exynos	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53	8	8			2.3 GHz 2,300 MHz 2,300,000 kHz , 1.7 GHz 1,700 MHz 1,700,000 kHz		ARM Holdings	Mali-G72
Helio A22	17 July 2018	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	4	4			2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GE8320
Helio X10	27 March 2015	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR G6200
Helio X10 M	27 March 2015	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR G6200
Helio X10 T	27 March 2015	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR G6200
Helio X20	16 March 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	20 nm 0.02 μm 2.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72	10	10			1.85 GHz 1,850 MHz 1,850,000 kHz , 1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz , 2.1 GHz 2,100 MHz 2,100,000 kHz		ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
Helio X20 M	16 March 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	20 nm 0.02 μm 2.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72	10	10			2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz , 1.85 GHz 1,850 MHz 1,850,000 kHz , 1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
Helio X23	2 December 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	20 nm 0.02 μm 2.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72	10	10			2.3 GHz 2,300 MHz 2,300,000 kHz , 1.85 GHz 1,850 MHz 1,850,000 kHz , 1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
Helio X25	16 March 2016	ARM Holdings, MediaTek	Helio	20 nm 0.02 μm 2.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72	10	10			2.5 GHz 2,500 MHz 2,500,000 kHz , 2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz , 1.55 GHz 1,550 MHz 1,550,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
Helio X27	2 December 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	20 nm 0.02 μm 2.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A72	10	10			2.6 GHz 2,600 MHz 2,600,000 kHz , 2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz , 1.6 GHz 1,600 MHz 1,600,000 kHz		ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
Helio X30	27 February 2017	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A35, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73	10	10			2.5 GHz 2,500 MHz 2,500,000 kHz , 2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz , 1.9 GHz 1,900 MHz 1,900,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GT7400 Plus
P10	January 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz , 1.2 GHz 1,200 MHz 1,200,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T860
P10 M	January 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz , 1.2 GHz 1,200 MHz 1,200,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T860
P15	April 2017	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz , 1.2 GHz 1,200 MHz 1,200,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T860
P20	November 2016	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2.3 GHz 2,300 MHz 2,300,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
P22	22 May 2018	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GE8320
P23	28 August 2017	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.65 GHz 1,650 MHz 1,650,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G71
P25	8 February 2017	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		2.6 GHz 2,600 MHz 2,600,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-T880
P30	28 August 2017	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.65 GHz 1,650 MHz 1,650,000 kHz , 2.3 GHz 2,300 MHz 2,300,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G71
P60	26 February 2018	ARM Holdings, MediaTek	Helio	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73	8	8			2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G72
P70	24 October 2018	MediaTek, ARM Holdings	Helio	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53	8	8			2.1 GHz 2,100 MHz 2,100,000 kHz , 2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G72
710	19 July 2018	HiSilicon, ARM Holdings	Kirin	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73	8	8			2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz , 1.7 GHz 1,700 MHz 1,700,000 kHz	6 GiB 6,144 MiB 6,291,456 KiB 6,442,450,944 B 0.00586 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G51
970	1 September 2017	HiSilicon, ARM Holdings	Kirin	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73	8	8	1 MiB 1,024 KiB 1,048,576 B 9.765625e-4 GiB , 2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB		1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz , 2.36 GHz 2,360 MHz 2,360,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	ARM Holdings	Mali-G72
H3	March 2018	Renesas, ARM Holdings	R-Car	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	9	9	2 MiB 2,048 KiB 2,097,152 B 0.00195 GiB , 0.5 MiB 512 KiB 524,288 B 4.882812e-4 GiB				Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GX6650
H3 (SiP)	March 2018	Renesas, ARM Holdings	R-Car	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	9	9	2.5 MiB 2,560 KiB 2,621,440 B 0.00244 GiB				Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GX6650
M3	October 2016	Renesas, ARM Holdings	R-Car	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	7	7	1.5 MiB 1,536 KiB 1,572,864 B 0.00146 GiB				Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GX6250
M3 (SiP)	October 2016	ARM Holdings, Renesas	R-Car	16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	7	7	1.5 MiB 1,536 KiB 1,572,864 B 0.00146 GiB				Imagination Technologies	PowerVR GX6250
SDM429	26 June 2018	Qualcomm, ARM Holdings	Snapdragon 400	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	4	4			1.95 GHz 1,950 MHz 1,950,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 504
SDM439	26 June 2018	Qualcomm	Snapdragon 400	12 nm 0.012 μm 1.2e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.45 GHz 1,450 MHz 1,450,000 kHz , 1.95 GHz 1,950 MHz 1,950,000 kHz	4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 505
Snapdragon 460	20 January 2020	Qualcomm	Snapdragon 400	11 nm 0.011 μm 1.1e-5 mm	Kryo 240 Gold, Kryo 240 Silver	8	8			1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz		Qualcomm	Adreno 610
SDM632	26 June 2018	Qualcomm	Snapdragon 600	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Kryo 250 Silver, Kryo 250 Gold	8	8			1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 506
SDM660	8 May 2017	Qualcomm, ARM Holdings	Snapdragon 600	14 nm 0.014 μm 1.4e-5 mm	Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver	8	8			2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz , 1.84 GHz 1,840 MHz 1,840,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 512
SM6125	9 April 2019	Qualcomm, ARM Holdings	Snapdragon 600	11 nm 0.011 μm 1.1e-5 mm	Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver	8	8			1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz , 4.5 GHz 4,500 MHz 4,500,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 610
Snapdragon 662	20 January 2020	Qualcomm	Snapdragon 600	11 nm 0.011 μm 1.1e-5 mm	Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver	8	8			1.8 GHz 1,800 MHz 1,800,000 kHz , 2 GHz 2,000 MHz 2,000,000 kHz	8 GiB 8,192 MiB 8,388,608 KiB 8,589,934,592 B 0.00781 TiB	Qualcomm	Adreno 610
BM1880	17 October 2018	Bitmain	Sophon		Cortex-A53, RISC-V						4 GiB 4,096 MiB 4,194,304 KiB 4,294,967,296 B 0.00391 TiB
S1		Xiaomi, ARM Holdings	Surge	28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	Cortex-A53	8	8			1.4 GHz 1,400 MHz 1,400,000 kHz , 2.2 GHz 2,200 MHz 2,200,000 kHz		ARM Holdings	Mali-T860
S2		Xiaomi, ARM Holdings	Surge	10 nm 0.01 μm 1.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73	8	8					ARM Holdings	Mali-G71
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