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Apple A8X vs Intel Processor N97
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A8X
35 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Processor N97
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A8X
31 %
3C / 3T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Processor N97
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A8X
50 %
Apple A8X
Intel Processor N97
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Processor N (9) |
| CPU group | Apple A8/A8X (2) | Intel Processor N50/N100/N200 (5) |
| Architecture | A8 | Alder Lake N |
| Technology | 20 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA | |
| Predecessor | Apple A6X | |
| Successor | Apple A9X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 3 / 3 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 3x Typhoon | 4x Gracemont |
| Frequency: | 1.50 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.60 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 2.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A8X | Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.45 GHz | 1.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 20 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q1/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) | LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 9 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.9 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 8 W | 12 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A8X | Intel Processor N97 |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AVX, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2014 | Q1/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Intel Processor N97
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz
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Apple A8X
3C / 3T · 0.00 GHz
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