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Apple A9 vs Intel Core i5-11600KF

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 31 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11600KF
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 11 %
Apple A9
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-11600KF
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 30 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
2,138
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 10 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
8,964
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 32 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C / 12T · 4.90 GHz
1,721
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A9
Apple A9 12 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
8,312

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A9/A9X (2)Intel Core i 11000 (22)
ArchitectureA9Rocket Lake S
Technology16 nm14 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1200
PredecessorApple A8Intel Core i5-10600KF
SuccessorApple A10 FusionIntel Core i5-12600KF

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Twister 6x
Frequency: 1.85 GHz 3.90 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.90 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
GPU nameApple A9no iGPU
GPU frequency0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 192 /
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology16 nm
Release dateQ3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
MemoryLPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory2 GB128 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth39.4 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
TDP5 W125 W
TDP (PL2)251 W @ 56 s
TDP up
TDP down95 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple A9Intel Core i5-11600KF
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
Release dateQ3/2015Q1/2021
Release price237 $
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Your rating

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Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Intel Core i5-11600KF
Intel Core i5-11600KF
6C / 12T · 3.90 - 4.90 GHz

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