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Apple A9 vs Intel Core i7-4790T
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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 A9
53 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Intel Core i7-4790T
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
27 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Intel Core i7-4790T
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A9
61 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Intel Core i7-4790T
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
33 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Intel Core i7-4790T
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A9
65 %
Apple A9
Intel Core i7-4790T
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 4600
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 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
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Intel Core i 4000 (64) |
| Architecture | A9 | Haswell S |
| Technology | 16 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1150 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Twister | 4x |
| Frequency: | 1.85 GHz | 2.70 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.20 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A9 | Intel HD Graphics 4600 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 20 / 160 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 22 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q2/2013 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 32 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 45 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Core i7-4790T |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q2/2014 |
| Release price | 275 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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