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Intel Core i7-6660U 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 i7-6660U
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Apple A9
58 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A9
42 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
100 %
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Apple A9
68 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
100 %
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A9
54 %
2C / 2T · 1.85 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-6660U
100 %
Intel Iris Graphics 540
Apple A9
31 %
Apple A9
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000U (20) | Apple A9/A9X (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake U | A9 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A8 | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-7660U | Apple A10 Fusion |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 2x Twister |
| Frequency: | 2.40 GHz | 1.85 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.40 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 3.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
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| GPU name | Intel Iris Graphics 540 | Apple A9 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.05 GHz | 0.65 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 16 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2015 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | LPDDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A9 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 9.5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | 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 | Q1/2016 | Q3/2015 |
| Release price | 415 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Apple A9
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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