Apple A8 vs Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
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CPU comparison with benchmarks
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CPU comparisonApple A8 or Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 - 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 Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 was released in Q3/2013. |
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| Apple A series (22) | Family | Intel Xeon E5 (71) |
| Apple A8/A8X (2) | CPU group | Intel Xeon E5 v2 (15) |
| 8 | Generation | 4 |
| A8 | Architecture | Ivy Bridge EP |
| Mobile | Segment | Desktop / Server |
| Apple A7 | Predecessor | -- |
| Apple A9 | Successor | -- |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Apple A8 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz (4.00 GHz). |
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| Apple A8 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 |
| 2 | Cores | 8 |
| 2 | Threads | 16 |
| normal | Core architecture | normal |
| No | Hyperthreading | Yes |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 1.50 GHz | Frequency | 3.40 GHz |
| -- | Turbo Frequency (1 Core) | 4.00 GHz |
| -- | Turbo Frequency (All Cores) | 3.60 GHz |
Internal GraphicsThe 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. |
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| Apple A8 | GPU | no iGPU |
| 0.53 GHz | GPU frequency | -- |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| 5 | GPU Generation | -- |
| 20 nm | Technology | |
| 1 | Max. displays | |
| 16 | Compute units | -- |
| 128 | Shader | -- |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| 4 GB | Max. GPU Memory | -- |
| -- | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| Apple A8 | GPU | no iGPU |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | No |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | No |
| Decode | Codec h264 | No |
| No | Codec VP9 | No |
| No | Codec VP8 | No |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| Decode | Codec AVC | No |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | No |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | No |
Memory & PCIeThe Apple A8 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 can connect up to 256 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. |
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| Apple A8 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 |
| LPDDR3-1600 | Memory | DDR3-1866 |
| 1 GB | Max. Memory | 256 GB |
| 1 (Single Channel) | Memory channels | 4 (Quad Channel) |
| 12.8 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 59.7 GB/s |
| No | ECC | Yes |
| 1.00 MB | L2 Cache | -- |
| 4.00 MB | L3 Cache | 25.00 MB |
| -- | PCIe version | 3.0 |
| -- | PCIe lanes | 40 |
| -- | PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal ManagementThe 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 Xeon E5-2687W v2 is 150 W. |
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| Apple A8 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 |
| 5 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 150 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Apple A8 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 cache has a total of 25.00 MB. |
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| Apple A8 | Characteristic | Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 |
| 20 nm | Technology | 22 nm |
| Chiplet | Chip design | Monolithic |
| Armv8-A (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| -- | ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX |
| -- | Socket | LGA 2011 |
| None | Virtualization | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| No | AES-NI | Yes |
| iOS | Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux |
| Q3/2014 | Release date | Q3/2013 |
| -- | Release price | 1925 $ |
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Average performance in benchmarks
⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
@ 0.00 GHz |
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Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.
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Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2
8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Apple A8 | Intel Xeon E5-2687W v2 |
| Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen) |
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