Intel Pentium G3450 vs Apple A8

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Intel Pentium G3450 CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A8
Intel Pentium G3450 Apple A8

CPU comparison

Intel Pentium G3450 or Apple A8 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Pentium G3450 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.40 GHz. Up to 32 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium G3450 was released in Q2/2014.

The Apple A8 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A8 was released in Q3/2014.
Intel Pentium (150) Family Apple A series (22)
Intel Pentium G3000 (14) CPU group Apple A8/A8X (2)
5 Generation 8
Haswell S Architecture A8
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A7
-- Successor Apple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Pentium G3450 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.40 GHz. The Apple A8 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.50 GHz.

Intel Pentium G3450 Characteristic Apple A8
2 Cores 2
2 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
3.40 GHz Frequency 1.50 GHz
-- Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
-- Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Pentium G3450 Characteristic Apple A8
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU Apple A8
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 0.53 GHz
1.10 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
7.5 GPU Generation 5
22 nm Technology 20 nm
3 Max. displays 1
10 Compute units 16
80 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
2 GB Max. GPU Memory 4 GB
11.1 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) GPU Apple A8
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Pentium G3450 supports a maximum of 32 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A8 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.

Intel Pentium G3450 Characteristic Apple A8
DDR3-1600 Memory LPDDR3-1600
32 GB Max. Memory 1 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
25.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
3.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Pentium G3450 has a TDP of 54 W, that of the Apple A8 is 5 W.

Intel Pentium G3450 Characteristic Apple A8
54 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 5 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Pentium G3450 has a 3.00 MB cache, while the Apple A8 cache has a total of 5.00 MB.

Intel Pentium G3450 Characteristic Apple A8
14 nm Technology 20 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2 ISA extensions --
LGA 1150 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q2/2014 Release date Q3/2014
82 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3450 (100%)
Apple A8 (50%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Pentium G3450 (100%)
Apple A8 (51%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
763 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
324 (42%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1520 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
607 (40%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
710 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
412 (58%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
1360 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
588 (43%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell GT1) @ 1.10 GHz
176 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
Apple A8 @ 0.53 GHz
136 (78%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
2188 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
1532 (70%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
133 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Pentium G3450 Intel Pentium G3450
2C 2T @ 3.40 GHz
255 (100%)
Apple A8 Apple A8
2C 2T @ 1.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Pentium G3450 Apple A8
Unknown Apple iPhone 6
Apple iPhone 6 Plus
Apple iPad Mini 4
Apple TV HD
Apple HomePod
Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)

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