Apple A10 Fusion vs Intel Core i5-9400

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A10 Fusion CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core i5-9400
Apple A10 Fusion Intel Core i5-9400

CPU comparison

Apple A10 Fusion or Intel Core i5-9400 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple A10 Fusion has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.34 GHz. Up to 3 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A10 Fusion was released in Q3/2016.

The Intel Core i5-9400 has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.10 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i5-9400 was released in Q2/2019.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Core i5 (328)
Apple A10/A10X (2) CPU group Intel Core i 9000 (34)
10 Generation 9
A10 Architecture Coffee Lake S Refresh
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Apple A9 Predecessor Intel Core i5-8400
Apple A11 Bionic Successor Intel Core i5-10400

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A10 Fusion has 4 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A10 Fusion is 2.34 GHz while the Intel Core i5-9400 has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i5-9400 is at 2.90 GHz (4.10 GHz).

Apple A10 Fusion Characteristic Intel Core i5-9400
4 Cores 6
4 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.34 GHz
2x Hurricane
A-Core 2.90 GHz (4.10 GHz)
1.09 GHz
2x Zephyr
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple A10 Fusion Characteristic Intel Core i5-9400
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Apple A10 Fusion or Intel Core i5-9400 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple A10 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
0.90 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
7 GPU Generation 9.5
16 nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 24
192 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 64 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple A10 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 630
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple A10 Fusion can use up to 3 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Core i5-9400 supports up to 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 42.7 GB/s.

Apple A10 Fusion Characteristic Intel Core i5-9400
LPDDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2666
3 GB Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC No
3.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 9.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple A10 Fusion is 5 W, while the Intel Core i5-9400 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple A10 Fusion Characteristic Intel Core i5-9400
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 65 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple A10 Fusion is manufactured in 10 nm and has 7.00 MB cache. The Intel Core i5-9400 is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 9.00 MB cache.

Apple A10 Fusion Characteristic Intel Core i5-9400
10 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket LGA 1151-2
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2016 Release date Q2/2019
-- Release price 220 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
776 (72%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1085 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
1422 (30%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
4722 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
853 (63%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1346 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
1207 (23%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
5164 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
Apple A10 @ 0.90 GHz
346 (86%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.05 GHz
403 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
1005 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
5341 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
227804 (100%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
74 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
9463 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
378.1 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
462 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 2.90 GHz
2585 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 4.10 GHz
177 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A10 Fusion Apple A10 Fusion
4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core i5-9400 Intel Core i5-9400
6C 6T @ 3.90 GHz
987 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A10 Fusion Intel Core i5-9400
Apple iPhone 7
Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Apple iPad (6. Gen)
HP Slim S01-pF0013ng
Ankermann AC Agentur1 PC PC Intel Core i5-9400
Kiebel Aufrüst Gamer PC (v9) Intel Core i5 9400
MEDION ERAZER P66065 Gaming Desktop mit Intel Core i5-9400

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