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Cortex-A53 µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerARM Holdings
ManufacturerTSMC, Samsung, GlobalFoundries, SMIC
IntroductionOctober 30, 2012
Process40 nm, 28 nm, 20 nm, 16 nm, 14 nm, 10 nm
Core Configs1, 2, 3, 4
Pipeline
TypeIn-order
OoOENo
SpeculativeYes
Reg RenamingNo
Stages8
Decode2-way
Instructions
ISAARMv8
ExtensionsFPU, NEON, TrustZone
Cache
L1I Cache8-64 KiB/core
2-way set associative
L1D Cache8-64 KiB/core
4-way set associative
L2 Cache128 KiB - 2 MiB/cluster
16-way set associative
Succession

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 systems it's possible to specify more specific performance tunes:

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


Architecture

Key changes from Cortex-A7

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Block Diagram

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Memory Hierarchy

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Licensees

Arm named the following companies as licensees.

Die

20 nm

Samsung Exynos 5433

  • Samsung 20 nm process
  • 113 mm² die size
  • Mali-T760 (6 EU)
  • Quad-core Cortex-A53 (small cores)
    • 32 KiB L1I$ and 32 KiB L1D$ per core, and a shared 256 KiB L2
    • 4.4 mm² per cluster
      • ~1 mm² per core
      • ~0.55 mm² for 256 KiB L2 cache
  • Quad-core Cortex-A57 (big cores)
    • 48KB L1I$ and 32KB L1D$ per core, and a shared 2 MiB L2
    • 15.85 mm² per cluster
      • ~3 mm² per core
      • ~3.87 mm² for 2 MiB L2 cache


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MediaTek Helio X20

  • TSMC 20 nm process
  • 100 mm² die size
  • Quad-core ULP Cortex-A53
    • ~21.81 mm² per cluster
      • ~4.23 mm² per core
  • Quad-core efficient Cortex-A53
    • ~29.73 mm² per cluster
      • ~5.41 mm² per core
  • Dual-core High-performance Cortex-A72 + 1 MiB L2
    • ~27.36 mm² per cluster
      • ~ 9.60 mm² per core
      • ~ 7.50 mm² for 1 MiB L2


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16 nm

Renesas R-Car H3

  • TSMC 16 nm process
  • 12.94 mm × 8.61 mm
  • 111.36 mm² die size
  • Quad-core Cortex-A53
    • ~3.27 mm² cluster
    • ~0.60 mm² core
    • ~0.7`mm² L2 cache
  • Quad-core Cortex-A57
    • ~10.21 mm² cluster
    • ~1.66 mm² core
    • ~3.28 mm² L2 cache
  • Cortex-R7 (dual-core lock-step)
    • ~1.04 mm² cluster
  • GX6650 GPU
    • ~28.12 mm²


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All Cortex-A53 Chips

 List of all Cortex-A53 Chips
 Main processorIGP
ModelLaunchedDesignerFamilyProcessCoreCTL2$L3$FrequencyMax MemDesignerNameFrequency
7270November 2016Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A53221 GHz
1,000 MHz
1,000,000 kHz
7420April 2015Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57882.1 GHz
2,100 MHz
2,100,000 kHz
, 1.5 GHz
1,500 MHz
1,500,000 kHz
757030 August 2016Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A53441.4 GHz
1,400 MHz
1,400,000 kHz
7580June 2015Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.6 GHz
1,600 MHz
1,600,000 kHz
787017 February 2016Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.6 GHz
1,600 MHz
1,600,000 kHz
787217 January 2018Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
662 GHz
2,000 MHz
2,000,000 kHz
, 1.5 GHz
1,500 MHz
1,500,000 kHz
7880March 2017Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.9 GHz
1,900 MHz
1,900,000 kHz
788513 February 2018Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53882.2 GHz
2,200 MHz
2,200,000 kHz
, 1.6 GHz
1,600 MHz
1,600,000 kHz
790421 January 2019Samsung, Arm HoldingsExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53881.8 GHz
1,800 MHz
1,800,000 kHz
889021 February 2016SamsungExynos14 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Exynos M1, Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T880
889529 March 2017Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Mongoose 2881 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 HoldingsMali-G71
91109 August 2018Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53221 GiB
1,024 MiB
1,048,576 KiB
1,073,741,824 B
9.765625e-4 TiB
ARM HoldingsMali-T720
9610October 2018Samsung, ARM HoldingsExynos10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53882.3 GHz
2,300 MHz
2,300,000 kHz
, 1.7 GHz
1,700 MHz
1,700,000 kHz
ARM HoldingsMali-G72
Helio A2217 July 2018MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53442 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 TechnologiesPowerVR GE8320
Helio X1027 March 2015MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 TechnologiesPowerVR G6200
Helio X10 M27 March 2015MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 TechnologiesPowerVR G6200
Helio X10 T27 March 2015MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 TechnologiesPowerVR G6200
Helio X2016 March 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio20 nm
0.02 μm
2.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7210101.85 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 HoldingsMali-T880
Helio X20 M16 March 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio20 nm
0.02 μm
2.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7210102 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 HoldingsMali-T880
Helio X232 December 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio20 nm
0.02 μm
2.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7210102.3 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 HoldingsMali-T880
Helio X2516 March 2016ARM Holdings, MediaTekHelio20 nm
0.02 μm
2.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7210102.5 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 HoldingsMali-T880
Helio X272 December 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio20 nm
0.02 μm
2.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7210102.6 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 HoldingsMali-T880
Helio X3027 February 2017MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A35, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7310102.5 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 TechnologiesPowerVR GT7400 Plus
P10January 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T860
P10 MJanuary 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T860
P15April 2017MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T860
P20November 2016MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T880
P2222 May 2018MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 TechnologiesPowerVR GE8320
P2328 August 2017MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.65 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 HoldingsMali-G71
P258 February 2017MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53882 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 HoldingsMali-T880
P3028 August 2017MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.65 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 HoldingsMali-G71
P6026 February 2018ARM Holdings, MediaTekHelio12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73882 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 HoldingsMali-G72
P7024 October 2018MediaTek, ARM HoldingsHelio12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A73, Cortex-A53882.1 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 HoldingsMali-G72
71019 July 2018HiSilicon, ARM HoldingsKirin12 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73882.2 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 HoldingsMali-G51
9701 September 2017HiSilicon, ARM HoldingsKirin10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A73881 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 HoldingsMali-G72
H3March 2018Renesas, ARM HoldingsR-Car16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7992 MiB
2,048 KiB
2,097,152 B
0.00195 GiB
, 0.5 MiB
512 KiB
524,288 B
4.882812e-4 GiB
Imagination TechnologiesPowerVR GX6650
H3 (SiP)March 2018Renesas, ARM HoldingsR-Car16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7992.5 MiB
2,560 KiB
2,621,440 B
0.00244 GiB
Imagination TechnologiesPowerVR GX6650
M3October 2016Renesas, ARM HoldingsR-Car16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7771.5 MiB
1,536 KiB
1,572,864 B
0.00146 GiB
Imagination TechnologiesPowerVR GX6250
M3 (SiP)October 2016ARM Holdings, RenesasR-Car16 nm
0.016 μm
1.6e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7771.5 MiB
1,536 KiB
1,572,864 B
0.00146 GiB
Imagination TechnologiesPowerVR GX6250
SDM42926 June 2018Qualcomm, ARM HoldingsSnapdragon 40012 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53441.95 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
QualcommAdreno 504
SDM43926 June 2018QualcommSnapdragon 40012 nm
0.012 μm
1.2e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.45 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
QualcommAdreno 505
Snapdragon 46020 January 2020QualcommSnapdragon 40011 nm
0.011 μm
1.1e-5 mm
Kryo 240 Gold, Kryo 240 Silver881.8 GHz
1,800 MHz
1,800,000 kHz
QualcommAdreno 610
SDM63226 June 2018QualcommSnapdragon 60014 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Kryo 250 Silver, Kryo 250 Gold881.8 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
QualcommAdreno 506
SDM6608 May 2017Qualcomm, ARM HoldingsSnapdragon 60014 nm
0.014 μm
1.4e-5 mm
Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver882.2 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
QualcommAdreno 512
SM61259 April 2019Qualcomm, ARM HoldingsSnapdragon 60011 nm
0.011 μm
1.1e-5 mm
Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver881.8 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
QualcommAdreno 610
Snapdragon 66220 January 2020QualcommSnapdragon 60011 nm
0.011 μm
1.1e-5 mm
Kryo 260 Gold, Kryo 260 Silver881.8 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
QualcommAdreno 610
BM188017 October 2018BitmainSophonCortex-A53, RISC-V4 GiB
4,096 MiB
4,194,304 KiB
4,294,967,296 B
0.00391 TiB
S1Xiaomi, ARM HoldingsSurge28 nm
0.028 μm
2.8e-5 mm
Cortex-A53881.4 GHz
1,400 MHz
1,400,000 kHz
, 2.2 GHz
2,200 MHz
2,200,000 kHz
ARM HoldingsMali-T860
S2Xiaomi, ARM HoldingsSurge10 nm
0.01 μm
1.0e-5 mm
Cortex-A53, Cortex-A7388ARM HoldingsMali-G71
Count: 50

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codenameCortex-A73 +
core count1 +, 2 +, 3 + and 4 +
designerARM Holdings +
first launchedOctober 30, 2012 +
full page namearm holdings/microarchitectures/cortex-a53 +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
instruction set architectureARMv8 +
manufacturerTSMC +, Samsung +, GlobalFoundries + and SMIC +
microarchitecture typeCPU +
nameCortex-A73 +
pipeline stages8 +
process40 nm (0.04 μm, 4.0e-5 mm) +, 28 nm (0.028 μm, 2.8e-5 mm) +, 20 nm (0.02 μm, 2.0e-5 mm) +, 16 nm (0.016 μm, 1.6e-5 mm) +, 14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) + and 10 nm (0.01 μm, 1.0e-5 mm) +