Apple A5 vs Intel Celeron 5205U

Last updated: 2024-04-15

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A5		Intel Celeron 5205U
CPU comparison Apple A5 or Intel Celeron 5205U - 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 A5 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple A5 was released in Q1/2011. The Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 5205U was released in Q4/2019.

Apple A series (22)	Family	Intel Celeron (165)
Apple A5/A5X (2)	CPU group	Intel Celeron 5000 (2)
5	Generation	10
A5	Architecture	Comet Lake U
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	Intel Celeron 4205U
Apple A6	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A5 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The Intel Celeron 5205U has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.90 GHz.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Celeron 5205U
2	Cores	2
2	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.00 GHz	Frequency	1.90 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 A5	Characteristic	Intel Celeron 5205U
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	0.30 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.90 GHz
--	GPU Generation	9.5
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
1	Max. displays	3
4	Compute units	24
32	Shader	192
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
10	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 SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)	GPU	Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake)
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 The Apple A5 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 5205U can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Celeron 5205U
LPDDR2-800	Memory	LPDDR3-2133, DDR4-2400
1 GB	Max. Memory	64 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
6.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	38.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	12
--	PCIe Bandwidth	6.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A5 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Celeron 5205U is 15 W.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Celeron 5205U
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	15 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	12.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Apple A5 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 5205U cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Celeron 5205U
32 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	BGA 1528
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2011	Release date	Q4/2019
--	Release price	128 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A5 (100%)

Intel Celeron 5205U (92%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A5 (42%)

Intel Celeron 5205U (100%)

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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	496 (100%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	457 (92%)

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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	267 (42%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	636 (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 A5 PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) @ 0.20 GHz	13 (4%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U Intel UHD Graphics (Comet Lake) @ 0.90 GHz	361 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	840 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	385 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Celeron 5205U 2C 2T @ 1.90 GHz	1455 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Apple A5	Intel Celeron 5205U
Apple iPhone 4S Apple iPad 2	Unknown

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