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Apple A5 vs Intel Xeon E3-1270
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Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Xeon E3 (44) |
| CPU group | Apple A5/A5X (2) | Intel Xeon E3 (2) |
| Architecture | A5 | Sandy-Bridge |
| Technology | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Cortex-A9 | 4x |
| Frequency: | 1.00 GHz | 3.40 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.80 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.60 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 4 / 32 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| Memory | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 10.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| TDP | 80 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Apple A5 | Intel Xeon E3-1270 |
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| 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 | Q2/2011 |
| Release price | 339 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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