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Intel Core i5-5300U vs Apple A9
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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
Intel Core i5-5300U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
Apple A9
69 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-5300U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
Apple A9
50 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-5300U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.90 GHz
Apple A9
81 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-5300U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.70 GHz
Apple A9
69 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-5300U
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 5500
Apple A9
72 %
Apple A9
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
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
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
250 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 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
|
Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 5000U (16) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | Broadwell U | A9 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1168 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-4300U | Apple A8 |
| Successor | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 2x Twister |
| Frequency: | 2.30 GHz | 1.85 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 2.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.70 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 3.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 5500 | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 0.90 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 16 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2015 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 6.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 7.5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core i5-5300U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2015 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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