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Intel Core i5-6400 vs Apple A16 Bionic
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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 i5-6400
45 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-6400
49 %
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-6400
44 %
4C / 4T · 3.30 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-6400
50 %
4C / 4T · 3.00 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-6400
20 %
Intel HD Graphics 530
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 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 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000 (24) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake S | A16 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1151 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-7400 | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 4 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.70 - 3.30 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 530 | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 0.95 GHz | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-6400 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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