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Intel Atom x7-E3950 vs Apple A9

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 47 %
Intel Atom x7-E3950
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Atom x7-E3950
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
246
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
632
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
784
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
921
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
307
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
558
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 1.60 GHz
1,154
Apple A9
Apple A9 89 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Atom x7-E3950
Intel HD Graphics 505
187
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
Apple A9
250

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
FamilyIntel Atom (108)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureCherry TrailA9
Technology14 nm16 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1296
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Twister
Frequency: 1.60 GHz 1.85 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.00 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 505Apple A9
GPU frequency0.50 - 0.65 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader18 / 14424 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory8 GB4 GB
Technology14 nm16 nm
Release dateQ3/2016Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
MemoryLPDDR3-1866 (38.4 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory8 GB2 GB
Memory channels41
ECCYesNo
PCIe2.0 x 6
PCIe Bandwidth3.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
TDP12 W5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.110 °C

Technical details

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Intel Atom x7-E3950Apple A9
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ4/2016Q3/2015
Release price57 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Atom x7-E3950
Intel Atom x7-E3950
4C / 4T · 1.60 - 2.00 GHz
Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz

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