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Intel Core i5-9400F vs Apple A18 Pro
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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 i5-9400F
39 %
6C / 6T · 4.10 GHz
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-9400F
61 %
6C / 6T · 3.90 GHz
Apple A18 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 4.04 GHz
More benchmarks
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
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 9000 (34) | Apple A18 (2) |
| Architecture | Coffee Lake S Refresh | Donan |
| Technology | 14 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1151-2 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A17 Pro | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-10400F | Apple A19 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x 2.90 - 4.10 GHz |
2x Donan P-Core 0.70 - 4.04 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Donan E-Core 0.74 - 2.30 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 9.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A18 Pro (6 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.68 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 24 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 38 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2666 (42.7 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (60.0 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 8 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 i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 12 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-9400F | Apple A18 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv9-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2019 | Q3/2024 |
| Release price | 157 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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