Amlogic S805X

The S805X is the 1080p member of Amlogic’s GXL family (with the S905X and S905D). It has four Cortex-A53 cores, a Mali-450 MP3 and a 16-bit memory bus, and is limited to 1080p video. Libre Computer uses it on the La Frite and Das Frite.

General Specifications

Specs
SoCAmlogic S805X
Process28 nm
CPU4× Cortex-A53 @ 1.416 GHz
Cryptography extensions
MemoryDDR3 / DDR4
16-bit
GPUMali-450 MP3 @ 666 MHz
Vendor: OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenVG 1.1
Mesa: OpenGL 2.1, OpenGL ES 2.0 (Lima, Lima kernel); Lima: no OpenGL ES 3.x, OpenCL or Vulkan planned; Mali-470 unsupported
VPUAmlogic Video Engine 10
Decode: 1080p@60fps H.265
Decode: 1080p@30fps VP9, H.264
Encode: 1080p@30fps H.264
Display1080p HDR
HDMI 2.0, CVBS

Linux Support

Mainline kernel

  • Fully supported
  • Works but not all features are implemented
  • Libre Computer boards on this SoC boot upstream Linux and U-Boot
  • The Mali-450 GPU is supported by the Mesa Lima driver

Documentation


Boards with Amlogic S805X