ARM Cortex-A715

{{Short description|2022 CPU}}

{{Infobox CPU

|name = ARM Cortex-A715

|produced-start = 2022

|soldby =

|designfirm = ARM Ltd.

|arch = ARMv9.0-A

|microarch = ARM Cortex-A715

|instructions =

|transistors =

|gpu =

|l1cache = {{Nowrap|64/128 KiB}}
{{Small|({{Nowrap|32/64 KiB}} I-cache with parity,
{{Nowrap|32/64 KiB}} D-cache) per core}}

|l2cache = {{Nowrap|128–512 KiB}} {{Small|per core}}

|l3cache = {{Nowrap|256 KiB – 16 MiB}} {{Small|(optional)}}

|pcode1 = Makalu

|variant = ARM Cortex-X3

|predecessor = ARM Cortex-A710

|successor = ARM Cortex-A720

}}

The ARM Cortex-A715 is the second generation ARMv9 "big" Cortex CPU.{{Cite web |last=Ltd |first=Arm |title=Cortex-A715 |url=https://www.arm.com/products/silicon-ip-cpu/cortex-a/cortex-a715 |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=Arm {{!}} The Architecture for the Digital World |language=en}} 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. The Cortex-A715 shows comparable performance to the previous generation Cortex-X1 CPU.{{Cite web |title=Next-gen Armv9 CPUs unleash compute performance - Announcements - Arm Community blogs - Arm Community |url=https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/announcements/posts/compute-performance-unleashed |access-date=2022-07-21 |website=community.arm.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Cortex-A715 |url=https://developer.arm.com/Processors/Cortex-A715 |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=developer.arm.com}}

This generation of chips starting with the A715 drops native 32-bit support.{{Cite web |last=Amadeo |first=Ron |date=2022-06-29 |title=Arm X3 CPU gets a 25% speed boost, should still be slower than a 2021 iPhone |url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/06/arm-announces-the-cortex-x3-cpu-headed-for-2023-android-phones/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}} 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.{{Cite web |date=2022-06-28 |title=Second generation Arm Total Compute Solutions - Announcements - Arm Community blogs - Arm Community |url=https://community.arm.com/arm-community-blogs/b/announcements/posts/second-generation-arm-total-compute-solutions |access-date=2023-09-16 |website=community.arm.com |language=en}}