Apple A11 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-4400E

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and Intel Core i5-4400E processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 11 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 37 Watt
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4426 vs 3251
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 vs 1 October 2013
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4426 vs 3251

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-4400E

  • Around 38% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.39 GHz
  • 341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 36% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1804 vs 1330
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 2.39 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1804 vs 1330

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-4400E

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1330
1804
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4426
3251
Name Apple A11 Bionic Intel Core i5-4400E
PassMark - Single thread mark 1330 1804
PassMark - CPU mark 4426 3251
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 12.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 77.024
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.853
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 8.961
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.651

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A11 Bionic Intel Core i5-4400E

Essentials

Architecture codename Monsoon/Mistral Haswell
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 1 October 2013
OS Support iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1828 1835
Processor Number APL1W72 i5-4400E
Vertical segment Mobile Embedded
Launch price (MSRP) $266
Price now $266
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i5 Processors
Status Launched
Value for money (0-100) 5.04

Performance

Base frequency 1.19 GHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 2.39 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 4
Transistor count 4.3 billion 960 Million
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 130 mm
L3 cache 3072 KB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 GB 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3L 1333/1600
ECC memory support

Graphics

Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 1066 MHz 400 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt 37 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 32mm x 1.6mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1364

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8 2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)