The ARM Cortex-A715 is the second generation ARMv9 "big" Cortex CPU.[1] Compared to its predecessor the Cortex-A710 the Cortex-A715 CPU is noted for having a 20% increase in power efficiency, and 5% improvement in performance.[1] The Cortex-A715 shows comparable performance to the previous generation Cortex-X1 CPU.[2][3]

ARM Cortex-A715
General information
Launched2022
Designed byARM Ltd.
Cache
L1 cache64/128 KiB
(32/64 KiB I-cache with parity,
32/64 KiB D-cache) per core
L2 cache128–512 KiB per core
L3 cache256 KiB – 16 MiB (optional)
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-A715
Instruction setARMv9.0-A
Products, models, variants
Product code name
  • Makalu
Variant
History
PredecessorARM Cortex-A710
SuccessorARM Cortex-A720

This generation of chips starting with the A715 drops native 32-bit support.[4] It forms part of Arm's Total Compute Solutions 2022 (TCS22) along with Arm's Cortex-X3, Cortex-A510, Arm Immortalis-G715 and CoreLink CI-700/NI-700.[5]

Architecture changes in comparison with ARM Cortex-A710

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The processor implements the following changes:[6]

  • Decode width: 5 (increased from 4)
  • Removed micro-op (MOP) cache (previously 1.5k entries)

Usage

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Architecture comparison

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"big" core
µArch Cortex-A77 Cortex-A78 Cortex-A710 Cortex-A715 Cortex-A720 Cortex-A725 Cortex-A730
Codename Deimos Hercules Matterhorn Makalu Hunter Chaberton Gelas
Peak clock speed 2.6 GHz ~3.0 GHz - -
Architecture ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.0-A ARMv9.2-A
AArch - 32-bit and 64-bit 64-bit 64-bit
Max In-flight 160 160 ? 192+ [10] ? - -
L0 (Mops entries) - 1536 [11] 0 [12] - -
L1 (I + D) (KiB) 64 + 64 KiB 32/64 + 32/64 KiB 64 + 64 KiB -
L2 Cache (KiB) 256–512 KiB 128–512 KiB 0.25–1 MiB [13] -
L3 Cache (MiB) 0–4 MiB 0–8 MiB 0–16 MiB 0–32 MiB [14] -
Decode width 4-way 5-way -
Dispatch 6 Mops/cycle 5 Mops/cycle [15] ? - -

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Ltd, Arm. "Cortex-A715". Arm | The Architecture for the Digital World. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ^ "Next-gen Armv9 CPUs unleash compute performance - Announcements - Arm Community blogs - Arm Community". community.arm.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. ^ "Cortex-A715". developer.arm.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ^ Amadeo, Ron (2022-06-29). "Arm X3 CPU gets a 25% speed boost, should still be slower than a 2021 iPhone". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
  5. ^ "Second generation Arm Total Compute Solutions - Announcements - Arm Community blogs - Arm Community". community.arm.com. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  6. ^ "Arm Introduces The Cortex-A715". WikiChip Fuse. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  7. ^ "MediaTek Launches Flagship Dimensity 9200 Chipset for Incredible Performance and Unmatched Power Savings". MediaTek (Press release). 2022-11-08.
  8. ^ "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Defines a New Standard for Premium Smartphones". www.qualcomm.com. Hawaii: Qualcomm. 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-11-15.
  9. ^ "Google Tensor G3: Everything you need to know about the Pixel 8 processor". Android Authority. 2024-05-26. Retrieved 2024-06-04.
  10. ^ "Arm Introduces The Cortex-A715". WikiChip Fuse. 2022-06-28. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  11. ^ "Arm's New Cortex-A78 and Cortex-X1 Microarchitectures: An Efficiency and Performance Divergence". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  12. ^ "Documentation – Arm Developer". developer.arm.com. Retrieved 2023-06-06.
  13. ^ "Arm launches next gen big core Cortex-A725". WikiChip Fuse. 2024-05-29.
  14. ^ "Arm introduces a new big core Cortex-A720". WikiChip Fuse. 2023-05-28.
  15. ^ "Arm Cortex-X2, A710, and A510 deep dive: New Armv9 CPU designs explained". Android Authority. 2021-05-25. Retrieved 2023-06-06.