Apple A8 vs Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A8 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Apple A8 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y

CPU comparison

Apple A8 or Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y - 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y was released in Q2/2017.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Pentium (150)
Apple A8/A8X (2) CPU group Intel Pentium 4400 (5)
8 Generation 7
A8 Architecture Kaby Lake U
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple A7 Predecessor --
Apple A9 Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A8 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.60 GHz.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
1.50 GHz Frequency 1.60 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

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 A8 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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 HD Graphics 615
0.53 GHz GPU frequency 0.30 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.85 GHz
5 GPU Generation 9.5
20 nm Technology 14nm
1 Max. displays 3
16 Compute units 24
128 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 16 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 HD Graphics 615
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 / Encode
No Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
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 Pentium Gold 4425Y can connect up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
LPDDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1866, DDR3-1600
1 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 29.9 GB/s
No ECC No
1.00 MB L2 Cache --
4.00 MB L3 Cache 2.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 10
-- PCIe Bandwidth 9.9 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 Pentium Gold 4425Y is 6 W.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 6 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down 4.5 W
-- Tjunction max. 100 °C

Technical details

The Apple A8 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y cache has a total of 2.00 MB.

Apple A8 Characteristic Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
20 nm Technology 14 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1515
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2014 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price 193 $
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks
Apple A8 (76%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (100%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple A8 (76%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y (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 (76%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
427 (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 (62%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
979 (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 (42%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
Intel HD Graphics 615 @ 0.85 GHz
326 (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 (89%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
1714 (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 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 (100%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
0 (0%)

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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
66 (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 A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
2C 4T @ 1.60 GHz
166 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A8 Intel Pentium Gold 4425Y
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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