Apple A6 vs Intel Xeon w9-3495X

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Apple A6 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Xeon w9-3495X
Apple A6 Intel Xeon w9-3495X

CPU comparison

Apple A6 or Intel Xeon w9-3495X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple A6 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.30 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple A6 was released in Q3/2012.

The Intel Xeon w9-3495X has 56 cores with 112 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon w9-3495X was released in Q1/2023.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Xeon W (83)
Apple A6/A6X (2) CPU group Intel Xeon W-3400 (8)
6 Generation 12
A6 Architecture Sapphire Rapids-WS
Mobile Segment Desktop / Server
Apple A5 Predecessor --
Apple A7 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A6 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A6 is 1.30 GHz while the Intel Xeon w9-3495X has 56 CPU cores and 112 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon w9-3495X is at 1.90 GHz (4.80 GHz).

Apple A6 Characteristic Intel Xeon w9-3495X
2 Cores 56
2 Threads 112
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? Yes
1.30 GHz Frequency 1.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 4.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.90 GHz

NPU AI performance

The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors.

Apple A6 Characteristic Intel Xeon w9-3495X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Apple A6 or Intel Xeon w9-3495X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) GPU no iGPU
0.27 GHz GPU frequency --
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
32 nm Technology
1 Max. displays
6 Compute units --
48 Shader --
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
10 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) GPU no iGPU
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Apple A6 can use up to 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 8.5 GB/s. The Intel Xeon w9-3495X supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 307.2 GB/s.

Apple A6 Characteristic Intel Xeon w9-3495X
LPDDR2-1066 Memory DDR5-4800
1 GB Max. Memory 4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 8 (Octa Channel)
8.5 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 307.2 GB/s
No ECC Yes
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
-- L3 Cache 105.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 112
-- PCIe Bandwidth 441.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple A6 is --, while the Intel Xeon w9-3495X has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple A6 Characteristic Intel Xeon w9-3495X
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 350 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 420 W
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 99 °C

Technical details

The Apple A6 is manufactured in 32 nm and has 1.00 MB cache. The Intel Xeon w9-3495X is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 105.00 MB cache.

Apple A6 Characteristic Intel Xeon w9-3495X
32 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512, AMX
-- Socket LGA 4677
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d, VT-rp, vPro Enterprise
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 11, Windows Server, Linux
Q3/2012 Release date Q1/2023
-- Release price 5889 $
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Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
1795 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
72560 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
1734 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
56911 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
2370 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
26114 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
686 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
27725 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A6 Apple A6
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) @ 0.27 GHz
68 (100%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
98245 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
258 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A6 Apple A6
2C 2T @ 1.30 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 2.90 GHz
9965 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A6 Intel Xeon w9-3495X
Apple iPhone 5
Apple iPhone 5C
Unknown

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