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Apple A5 vs Intel Core i5-660

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 83 %
Apple A5
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-660
Multi-core performance
Rank ?
Apple A5
Rank ?
Intel Core i5-660
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A5
Apple A5 83 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
496
Intel Core i5-660
2C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
597
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A5
Apple A5 36 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
13
Intel Core i5-660
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureA5Clarkdale
Technology32 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1156
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Cortex-A9 2x
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 3.33 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB0.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.20 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3212 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays12
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology32 nm32 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
TDP73 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A5Intel Core i5-660
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2010
Release price193 $
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Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i5-660
Intel Core i5-660
2C / 4T · 3.33 - 3.60 GHz

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