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Apple A5 vs Intel Core i7-3540M
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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
18 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-3540M
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A5
66 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Core i7-3540M
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.70 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A5
4 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
Intel Core i7-3540M
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Intel Core i 3000M (29) |
| Architecture | A5 | Ivy Bridge H |
| Technology | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1023 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Cortex-A9 | 2x |
| Frequency: | 1.00 GHz | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.70 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | 0.65 - 1.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | 16 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 32 nm | 22 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q1/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 35 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A5 | Intel Core i7-3540M |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q1/2013 |
| Release price | 346 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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