[7] The A7 also integrates a graphics processing unit (GPU) which AnandTech believes to be a PowerVR G6430 in a four cluster configuration.

[13][14] The A7 also includes an area called the "Secure Enclave" that stores and protects the data from the Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5S and iPad mini 3.

In order to reduce power consumption, this functionality has been moved to the new M7 motion coprocessor[16][17] which appears to be a separate ARM-based microcontroller from NXP Semiconductors.

[19] This A7 is manufactured by Samsung on a high-κ metal gate (HKMG) 28 nm process[20][21] and the chip includes over 1 billion transistors on a die 102 mm2 in size.

Instead it uses a chip-on-board mounting, immediately adjacent DRAM, and is covered by a metallic heat spreader, similar to the Apple A5X and A6X.

On July 24, 2017, Apple was ordered to pay WARF $506 million for patent infringement.