Intel Xeon Gold 5320H vs Apple A5X

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Intel Xeon Gold 5320H CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A5X
Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Apple A5X

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H or Apple A5X - 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 Xeon Gold 5320H has 20 cores with 40 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.20 GHz. Up to 1146 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5320H was released in Q2/2020.

The Apple A5X has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Apple A5X was released in Q1/2011.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family Apple A series (22)
Intel Xeon Gold 5300/6300 (6) CPU group Apple A5/A5X (2)
3 Generation 5
Cooper Lake Architecture A5
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor Apple A6X

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320H has 20 CPU cores and can calculate 40 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5320H is 2.40 GHz (4.20 GHz) while the Apple A5X has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A5X is at 1.00 GHz.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Characteristic Apple A5X
20 Cores 2
40 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.40 GHz Frequency 1.00 GHz
4.20 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) --
2.60 GHz 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 Xeon Gold 5320H Characteristic Apple A5X
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320H or Apple A5X has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) --
-- GPU Generation --
Technology 45 nm
Max. displays 1
-- Compute units 8
-- Shader 64
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- 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.

no iGPU GPU PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320H can use up to 1146 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 128.1 GB/s. The Apple A5X supports up to 1 GB of memory in 4 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Characteristic Apple A5X
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR2-800
1146 GB Max. Memory 1 GB
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 4 (Quad Channel)
128.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 12.8 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
27.50 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
48 PCIe lanes --
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5320H is 150 W, while the Apple A5X has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Characteristic Apple A5X
150 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5320H is manufactured in 14 nm and has 27.50 MB cache. The Apple A5X is manufactured in 32 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Characteristic Apple A5X
14 nm Technology 32 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv7-A (32 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions --
P+ Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q2/2020 Release date Q1/2011
-- Release price --
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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 Xeon Gold 5320H Intel Xeon Gold 5320H
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A5X Apple A5X
PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) @ 0.20 GHz
26 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Xeon Gold 5320H Apple A5X
Unknown Apple iPad 2 (3. Gen)

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