Apple A10 Fusion vs Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Benchmark, comparison and differences


Apple A10 Fusion		Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
CPU comparison Apple A10 Fusion or Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y - 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y was released in Q2/2017.

Apple A series (22)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Apple A10/A10X (2)	CPU group	Intel Pentium 4400 (5)
10	Generation	7
A10	Architecture	Kaby Lake U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
Apple A9	Predecessor	--
Apple A11 Bionic	Successor	--

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 Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is at 1.60 GHz.
Apple A10 Fusion	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
4	Cores	2
4	Threads	4
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.34 GHz 2x Hurricane	A-Core	1.60 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Apple A10 Fusion or Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 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 HD Graphics 615
0.90 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.85 GHz
7	GPU Generation	9.5
16 nm	Technology	14nm
1	Max. displays	3
24	Compute units	24
192	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
4 GB	Max. GPU Memory	16 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 HD Graphics 615
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 Pentium Gold 4425Y supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 29.9 GB/s.
Apple A10 Fusion	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
LPDDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600
3 GB	Max. Memory	16 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	29.9 GB/s
No	ECC	No
3.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	10
--	PCIe Bandwidth	9.9 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple A10 Fusion is 5 W, while the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has a TDP of 6 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Apple A10 Fusion	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
5 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	6 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Apple A10 Fusion is manufactured in 10 nm and has 7.00 MB cache. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y is manufactured in 14 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.
Apple A10 Fusion	Characteristic	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
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
--	Socket	BGA 1515
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2016	Release date	Q2/2017
--	Release price	193 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A10 Fusion (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (55%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A10 Fusion (100%)

Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (69%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	776 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	427 (55%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	1422 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	979 (69%)

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 @ 0.90 GHz	346 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz	326 (94%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	853 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	1207 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	227804 (100%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	0 (0%)

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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	1714 (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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	66 (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 4C 4T @ 2.34 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y 2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz	166 (100%)

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Apple A10 Fusion	Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
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Apple A10 Fusion vs Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y

CPU comparison with benchmarks

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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details