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Intel Core i5-2550k vs Apple A5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-2550k
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Apple A5
13 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-2550k
100 %
4C / 4T · 3.80 GHz
Apple A5
61 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
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| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 2000 (28) | Apple A5/A5X (2) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge S | A5 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1155 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Intel Core i5-3570K | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x Cortex-A9 |
| Frequency: | 3.40 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.80 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 4 / 32 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
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| Memory | DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
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| TDP | 95 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Intel Core i5-2550k | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | |
| Release date | Q1/2012 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | 235 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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