Intel Pentium Gold G5400 vs Apple A7

Last updated: 2023-04-20

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Pentium Gold G5400		Apple A7
CPU comparison Intel Pentium Gold G5400 or Apple A7 - 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 Gold G5400 has 2 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.70 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 was released in Q2/2018. The Apple A7 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A7 was released in Q3/2013.

Intel Pentium (150)	Family	Apple A series (22)
Intel Pentium G5000 (8)	CPU group	Apple A7 (1)
8	Generation	7
Coffee Lake S	Architecture	A7
Desktop / Server	Segment	Mobile
Intel Pentium G4400	Predecessor	Apple A6
Intel Pentium Gold G6400	Successor	Apple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.70 GHz. The Apple A7 has 2 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Characteristic	Apple A7
2	Cores	2
4	Threads	2
normal	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
3.70 GHz	Frequency	1.40 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 Gold G5400	Characteristic	Apple A7
--	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 610	GPU	PowerVR G6430
0.35 GHz	GPU frequency	0.45 GHz
1.05 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
9.5	GPU Generation	--
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
3	Max. displays	2
12	Compute units	16
96	Shader	128
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12	DirectX Version	10

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 610	GPU	PowerVR G6430
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 supports a maximum of 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A7 can connect up to 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Characteristic	Apple A7
DDR4-2400	Memory	LPDDR3-1333
64 GB	Max. Memory	1 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	1 (Single Channel)
38.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
Yes	ECC	No
--	L2 Cache	1.00 MB
4.00 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 Gold G5400 has a TDP of 58 W, that of the Apple A7 is --.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Characteristic	Apple A7
58 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	--
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Pentium Gold G5400 has a 4.00 MB cache, while the Apple A7 cache has a total of 5.00 MB.
Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Characteristic	Apple A7
14 nm	Technology	28 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2	ISA extensions	--
LGA 1151	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	iOS
Q2/2018	Release date	Q3/2013
64 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (100%)

Apple A7 (30%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G5400 (100%)

Apple A7 (25%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	940 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	278 (30%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	2078 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	528 (25%)

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 Gold G5400 Intel HD Graphics 610 @ 1.05 GHz	202 (100%)
	Apple A7 PowerVR G6430 @ 0.45 GHz	115 (57%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	780 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1690 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	3740 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Intel Pentium Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	1044 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	152 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 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 Gold G5400 2C 4T @ 3.70 GHz	384 (100%)
	Apple A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
Intel Pentium Gold G5400	Apple A7
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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