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Apple A6 vs Intel Core i5-9600K
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A6
15 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
Intel Core i5-9600K
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 630
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Monero Hashrate
94 entries
94 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Apple A6/A6X (2) | Intel Core i 9000 (34) |
| Architecture | A6 | Coffee Lake S Refresh |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1151-2 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A5 | Intel Core i5-8600K |
| Successor | Apple A7 | Intel Core i5-10600K |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Swift | 6x |
| Frequency: | 1.30 GHz | 3.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.60 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.30 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 9.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) | Intel UHD Graphics 630 |
| GPU frequency | 0.27 GHz | 0.35 - 1.15 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | |
| Technology | 32 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2012 | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s) | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 128 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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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i5-9600K |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q3/2012 | Q4/2018 |
| Release price | 260 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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