Apple A8 vs Intel Celeron 6305

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A8 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron 6305
Apple A8 Intel Celeron 6305

CPU comparison

Apple A8 or Intel Celeron 6305 - 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 A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014.

The Intel Celeron 6305 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.80 GHz. The CPU supports up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 6305 was released in Q4/2020.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Apple A8/A8X (2) CPU group Intel Celeron 6000 (2)
8 Generation 11
A8 Architecture Tiger Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple A7 Predecessor --
Apple A9 Successor Intel Celeron 7305

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A8 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Celeron 6305 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.80 GHz (1.80 GHz).

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 1.80 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 1.80 GHz

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Apple A8 GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 1.25 GHz
5 GPU Generation 11
20 nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 4
16 Compute units 48
128 Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
-- DirectX Version 12

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.

Apple A8 GPU Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode
Decode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple A8 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Celeron 6305 can connect up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR4-3733, DDR4-3200
1 GB Max. Memory 64 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 16
-- PCIe Bandwidth 15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A8 has a TDP of 5 W, that of the Intel Celeron 6305 is 15 W.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple A8 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Celeron 6305 cache has a total of 4.00 MB.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Celeron 6305
20 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 1449
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems
Q3/2014 Release date Q4/2020
-- Release price 128 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple A8 (53%)
Intel Celeron 6305 (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Apple A8 (55%)
Intel Celeron 6305 (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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
324 (51%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
636 (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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
607 (51%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1184 (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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
412 (54%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
768 (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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
588 (40%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
1455 (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 A8 Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz
136 (14%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4) @ 1.25 GHz
960 (100%)

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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
1532 (74%)
Intel Celeron 6305 Intel Celeron 6305
2C 2T @ 1.80 GHz
2062 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A8 Intel Celeron 6305
Apple iPhone 6
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple iPad Mini 4
Apple TV HD
Apple HomePod
Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)
Unknown

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