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Intel Core i7-4790K vs Apple A5

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-4790K
Rank 2 - 46 %
Apple A5
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i7-4790K
Rank 2 - 6 %
Apple A5
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i7-4790K
4C / 8T · 4.20 GHz
4,674
Apple A5
Apple A5 6 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
267
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i7-4790K
4C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
1,073
Apple A5
Apple A5 46 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
496
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel HD Graphics 4600
400
Apple A5
Apple A5 3 %
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
13

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
FamilyIntel Core i7 (300)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Core i 4000 (DC) (2)Apple A5/A5X (2)
ArchitectureDevils Canyon SA5
Technology22 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopSmartphone / Tablet
SocketLGA 1150
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A6

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 82 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x 2x Cortex-A9
Frequency: 4.00 GHz 1.00 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.20 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 4600PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.25 GHz0.20 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 1604 / 32
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory2 GB
Technology22 nm32 nm
Release dateQ2/2013Q1/2012

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
MemoryDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB1 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
TDP88 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Intel Core i7-4790KApple A5
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ2/2014Q1/2011
Release price310 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i7-4790K
Intel Core i7-4790K
4C / 8T · 4.00 - 4.40 GHz
Apple A5
Apple A5
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz

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