Apple A9 vs Intel Celeron N5105

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Apple A9 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N5105
Apple A9 Intel Celeron N5105

CPU comparison

Apple A9 or Intel Celeron N5105 - 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 A9 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.85 GHz. Up to 2 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A9 was released in Q3/2015.

The Intel Celeron N5105 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N5105 was released in Q1/2021.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Apple A9/A9X (2) CPU group Intel Celeron N4000/N5000 (6)
9 Generation 10
A9 Architecture Jasper Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple A8 Predecessor --
Apple A10 Fusion Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A9 has 2 CPU cores and can calculate 2 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A9 is 1.85 GHz while the Intel Celeron N5105 has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N5105 is at 2.00 GHz (2.90 GHz).

Apple A9 Characteristic Intel Celeron N5105
2 Cores 4
2 Threads 4
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.85 GHz Frequency 2.00 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.90 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) 2.60 GHz

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 A9 Characteristic Intel Celeron N5105
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --
-- NPU + CPU + iGPU --

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

The Apple A9 or Intel Celeron N5105 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple A9 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake)
0.65 GHz GPU frequency 0.45 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
6 GPU Generation 11
16 nm Technology 10 nm
1 Max. displays 3
24 Compute units 24
192 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 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 A9 GPU Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake)
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
Decode 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 A9 can use up to 2 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 25.6 GB/s. The Intel Celeron N5105 supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 46.9 GB/s.

Apple A9 Characteristic Intel Celeron N5105
LPDDR4-3200 Memory DDR4-2933
2 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
No ECC No
3.00 MB L2 Cache 1.50 MB
4.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
-- PCIe version 3.0
-- PCIe lanes 8
-- PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple A9 is 5 W, while the Intel Celeron N5105 has a TDP of 10 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple A9 Characteristic Intel Celeron N5105
5 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 10 W
-- TDP (PL2) 20 W
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Apple A9 is manufactured in 16 nm and has 7.00 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N5105 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 5.50 MB cache.

Apple A9 Characteristic Intel Celeron N5105
16 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
-- Socket BGA 1338
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q3/2015 Release date Q1/2021
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Apple A9 (92%)
Intel Celeron N5105 (89%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Apple A9 (54%)
Intel Celeron N5105 (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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
558 (84%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
667 (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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
1024 (49%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2074 (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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
632 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
492 (78%)

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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
921 (62%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
1489 (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 A9 Apple A9
Apple A9 @ 0.65 GHz
250 (69%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
Intel UHD Graphics 24 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.90 GHz
360 (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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
2053 (50%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
4077 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
619 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
2097 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
254 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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 A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.60 GHz
820 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A9 Apple A9
2C 2T @ 1.85 GHz
172160 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5105 Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A9 Intel Celeron N5105
Apple iPhone 6s
Apple iPhone SE (1. Gen)
Unknown

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