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Apple A8 vs Intel Core i9-11950H

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 20 %

Apple A8

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-11950H

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 7 %

Apple A8

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-11950H

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

412

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

2,129

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

588

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

9,535

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

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

324

8C / 16T · 5.00 GHz

1,645

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

2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

607

8C / 16T · 3.70 GHz

8,311

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8

136

Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)

742

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
Family	Apple A series (27)	Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU group	Apple A8/A8X (2)	Intel Core i 11000H (17)
Architecture	A8	Tiger Lake H
Technology	20 nm	10 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet	Notebook
Socket		BGA 1787
Predecessor	Apple A7
Successor	Apple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 2	8 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✓
Core architecture	normal	normal
Cores:	2x Typhoon	8x
Frequency:	1.50 GHz	2.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):		5.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):		3.70 GHz
L2-Cache	1.00 MB
L3-Cache	4.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
GPU name	Apple A8	Intel UHD Graphics 11th Gen (32 EU)
GPU frequency	0.53 GHz	0.35 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	1	3
Max. GPU Memory	4 GB	64 GB
Technology	20 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
Memory	LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)	DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory	1 GB	128 GB
Memory channels	1	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe		4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth		39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
TDP	5 W	45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down		35 W
T. junction max.		100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple A8	Intel Core i9-11950H
Chip design	Chiplet	Monolithic
AES-NI	✗	✓
Operating systems	iOS	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release date	Q3/2014	Q2/2021
Release price		556 $
Documents		Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple A8 is 3.3 stars (21 ratings), while Intel Core i9-11950H has received 4.0 stars (12 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core i9-11950H
8C / 16T · 2.60 - 5.00 GHz

★★★★★