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Apple A5 vs Intel Core i3-1210U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A5
7 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-1210U
100 %
6C / 8T · 1.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A5
31 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i3-1210U
100 %
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5
2 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
Intel Core i3-1210U
100 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
More benchmarks
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) |
| Architecture | A5 | Alder Lake U |
| Technology | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 6 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Cortex-A9 1.00 GHz |
2x Golden Cove 1.00 - 4.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Gracemont 0.70 - 3.30 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 4.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 10.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.25 - 0.85 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | 64 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 32 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 9 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | 29 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i3-1210U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Intel Core i3-1210U
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
2
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
7
Apple M4 (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 4.46 GHz
8
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
9
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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