Apple A4 vs Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

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Apple A4 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Apple A4 Intel Pentium Gold G6400T

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Apple A4 and the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Apple A4 1 core processor released in Q2/2010 with the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T which has 2 CPU cores and was introduced in Q2/2020.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Apple A4 (1) CPU group Intel Pentium G6000 (12)
4 Generation 10
A4 Architecture Comet Lake S
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
-- Predecessor Intel Pentium Gold G5400T
-- Successor Intel Pentium Gold G7400T

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A4 is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.80 GHz (1.00 GHz). The processor can compute 1 threads at the same time. The Intel Pentium Gold G6400T clocks with 3.40 GHz, has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 4 threads in parallel.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
1 Cores 2
1 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
0.80 GHz Frequency 3.40 GHz
1.00 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 A4 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

PowerVR SGX535 GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.05 GHz
-- GPU Generation 9.5
65nm Technology 14 nm
1 Max. displays 3
2 Compute units 12
2 Shader 96
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
10.1 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.

PowerVR SGX535 GPU Intel HD Graphics 610
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Apple A4, while the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 42.7 GB/s enabled.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
LPDDR2-800 Memory DDR4-2666
Max. Memory 128 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 42.7 GB/s
No ECC Yes
0.51 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Apple A4 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is 35 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 35 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 25 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple A4 has 0.51 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of Intel Pentium Gold G6400T is at 4.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 14 nm.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
45 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket LGA 1200
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2010 Release date Q2/2020
-- Release price 77 $
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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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
871 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1821 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
734 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
1515 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
356 (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 A4 Apple A4
PowerVR SGX535 @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz
202 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
3592 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
143 (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 A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold G6400T Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
2C 4T @ 3.40 GHz
355 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A4 Intel Pentium Gold G6400T
Apple iPhone 4 Unknown

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