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Intel Celeron 2980U vs Apple A9

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 63 %
Intel Celeron 2980U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 59 %
Intel Celeron 2980U
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A9
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
354
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 Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
694
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
1,024
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Celeron 2980U
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)
160
Apple A9
Apple A9 100 %
Apple A9
250

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
FamilyIntel Celeron (165)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Celeron 2000 (7)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureHaswell UA9
Technology22 nm16 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1168
PredecessorApple A8
SuccessorApple A10 Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x Twister
Frequency: 1.40 GHz 1.85 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1)Apple A9
GPU frequency0.20 - 1.00 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader10 / 8024 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory2 GB4 GB
Technology22 nm16 nm
Release dateQ4/2012Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
MemoryDDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB2 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
TDP15 W5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Celeron 2980UApple A9
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2013Q3/2015
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Celeron 2980U
Intel Celeron 2980U
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Apple A9
Apple A9
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz

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