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Apple A5 vs Intel Processor N50

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Apple A5
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Intel Processor N50
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 19 %
Apple A5
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Processor N50
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A5
Apple A5 19 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
267
Intel Processor N50
2C / 2T · 3.20 GHz
1,376
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A5
Apple A5 7 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
13
Intel Processor N50
Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
192

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At a glance

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Processor N (9)
CPU groupApple A5/A5X (2)Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5)
ArchitectureA5Alder Lake N
Technology32 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Cortex-A9 2x Gracemont
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 1.80 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 3.20 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache6.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
GPU namePowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (16 EU)
GPU frequency0.20 GHz0.25 - 0.75 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 3216 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology32 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2012Q1/2023

NPU AI performance

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
MemoryLPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 9
PCIe Bandwidth8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
TDP6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

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Apple A5Intel Processor N50
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2011Q1/2023
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Intel Processor N50
Intel Processor N50
2C / 2T · 1.80 - 3.40 GHz

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