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Saving Power for More Power – the E-Cores of Apple Chips

Summary by Macwelt
Since the A10 chip in the iPhone 7, the iPad 6th generation and the iPod Touch 7th generation, Apple uses CPUs that have two different cores. The efficiency cores (E-cores) are designed for all tasks that run in the background and/or require little power. These cores are particularly economical with the energy. This is due on the one hand to their architecture, and on the other hand to a lower maximum clock frequency compared to the other cores …
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Since the A10 chip in the iPhone 7, the iPad 6th generation and the iPod Touch 7th generation, Apple uses CPUs that have two different cores. The efficiency cores (E-cores) are designed for all tasks that run in the background and/or require little power. These cores are particularly economical with the energy. This is due on the one hand to their architecture, and on the other hand to a lower maximum clock frequency compared to the other cores …

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Macwelt broke the news in on Wednesday, February 18, 2026.
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