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Intel Core i9-9960X vs Apple A5X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| Family | Intel Core i9 (81) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 9000X (8) | Apple A5/A5X (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake X Refresh | A5 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 2066 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i9-7960X | |
| Successor | Apple A6X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 16 / 32 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 16x | 2x Cortex-A9 |
| Frequency: | 3.10 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 4.50 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.10 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 22.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| GPU name | no iGPU | PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 8 / 64 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 45 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| Memory | DDR4-2666 (85.4 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 44 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 43.3 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| TDP | 165 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 92 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i9-9960X | Apple A5X |
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| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | |
| Release date | Q4/2018 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | 1684 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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