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Apple A8 vs Intel Core2 Duo E4600

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 96 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A8
Rank 2 - 77 %
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 96 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
337
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz
607

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core2 Duo (29)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Intel Core 2 Duo E4000/E6000 (15)
ArchitectureA8Conroe (Core)
Technology20 nm65 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 775
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Typhoon 2x
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 2.40 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
GPU nameApple A8no iGPU
GPU frequency0.53 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 /
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology20 nm
Release dateQ3/2014

NPU AI performance

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Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
TDP5 W65 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsMMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2007
Release price
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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
2C / 2T · 2.40 GHz

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