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Apple A9 vs Intel Pentium Silver J5040
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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
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
74 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A9
100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 3.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A9
58 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A9
100 %
Apple A9
Intel UHD Graphics 605
More benchmarks
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 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
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Pentium (150) |
| CPU group | Apple A9/A9X (2) | Intel Pentium J5000/N5000 (4) |
| Architecture | A9 | Gemini Lake |
| Technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1090 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 4 / 4 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Twister | 4x |
| Frequency: | 1.85 GHz | 2.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.20 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.40 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A9 | Intel UHD Graphics 605 |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 GHz | 0.25 - 0.80 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 18 / 144 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Technology | 16 nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q4/2017 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 2 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 6 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 3.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 5 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A9 | Intel Pentium Silver J5040 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q4/2019 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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