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Apple A9 vs Intel Core2 Duo E8600
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Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
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Specifications
At a glance
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core2 Duo (29) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Intel Core 2 Duo E7000/E8000 (14) |
| Architecture | A9 | Wolfdale (Penryn) |
| Technology | 16 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 775 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Twister | 2x |
| Frequency: | 1.85 GHz | 3.33 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | ||
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | 6.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| GPU name | Apple A9 | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | |
| Technology | 16 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| TDP | 5 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
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Technical details
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Apple A9 | Intel Core2 Duo E8600 |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSE 4.1 | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2008 |
| Release price | ||
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