ARM Cortex-A520

ARM Cortex-A520
General information
Launched2023
Designed byARM Ltd.
Performance
Max. CPU clock rate1.8 GHz  to 2.27 GHz 
Cache
L1 cache64/128 KiB
(32/64 KiB I-cache with parity,
32/64 KiB D-cache) per core
L2 cache0–512 KiB per complex
L3 cache256 KiB – 32 MiB (optional)
Architecture and classification
MicroarchitectureARM Cortex-A520
Instruction setARMv9.2-A
Products, models, variants
Product code name
  • Hayes
History
PredecessorARM Cortex-A510
SuccessorARM Cortex-A530

The ARM Cortex-A520 is a "little" CPU core model from Arm[1] unveiled in TCS23 (total compute solution) it serves as a successor to the CPU core ARM Cortex-A510[2]. The Cortex-A5xx CPU cores series generally focus on high efficiency, the CPU core can be paired with the other CPU cores in its family like ARM Cortex-A720 or/and Cortex-X4 in a CPU cluster.[3]

Improvements

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  • 8% peak performance improvement over the Cortex-A510[4]
  • Support only 64-bit applications
  • Up to 512 KiB of private L2 cache (From 256 KiB)
  • Add QARMA3 Pointer Authentication (PAC) algorithm support
  • Update to ARMv9.2[5]

Architecture comparison

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"LITTLE" core
uArch Cortex-A53 Cortex-A55 Cortex-A510 Cortex-A520 Cortex-A530
Codename Apollo Ananke Klein Hayes Nevis
Peak clock speed 2.3 GHz 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz 2.0 GHz -
Architecture ARMv8.0-A ARMv8.2-A ARMv9.0-A ARMv9.2-A
AArch 32-bit and 64-bit 64-bit
Branch predictor
history (entries)
3072[6] -
Max In-flight None (In-order)
L0 (Mops entries) None
L1-I + L1-D 8/64+8/64 KiB 16/64+16/64 KiB 32/64+32/64 KiB -
L2 0–256 KiB 0–512 KiB -
L3 None 0–4 MiB 0–16 MiB 0–32 MiB -
Decode Width 2 3 3 (2 ALU) -
Dispatch 8[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Arm Launches Next-Gen Efficiency Core; Cortex-A520". WikiChip Fuse. 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  2. ^ "Arm Cortex-X4, A720, and A520: 2024 smartphone CPUs deep dive". Android Authority. 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  3. ^ "Cortex-A520". developer.arm.com. Retrieved 2023-09-16.
  4. ^ Bonshor, Gavin. "Arm Unveils 2023 Mobile CPU Core Designs: Cortex-X4, A720, and A520 - the ARMv9.2 Family". www.anandtech.com. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  5. ^ Ltd, Arm. "Cortex-A520". Arm | The Architecture for the Digital World. Retrieved 2023-06-05.
  6. ^ "ARM's Cortex A53: Tiny But Important". Chips and Cheese. 2023-05-28. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
  7. ^ "A closer look at ARM's new Cortex-A75 and Cortex-A55 CPUs". Android Authority. 2017-05-31. Retrieved 2023-06-05.