Apple A14 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-1035G4

Comparative analysis of Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Core i5-1035G4 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

Apple A14 Bionic

Intel Core i5-1035G4

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A14 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 10 nm
4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3393 vs 2191
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8547 vs 7863

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	23 Oct 2020 vs 1 Aug 2019
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 10 nm
L2 cache	8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3393 vs 2191
PassMark - CPU mark	8547 vs 7863

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-1035G4

2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.70 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
284.4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10.7x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 6 GB

Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
L1 cache	320 KB vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A14 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-1035G4

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3393

2191

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8547

7863

Name	Apple A14 Bionic	Intel Core i5-1035G4
PassMark - Single thread mark	3393	2191
PassMark - CPU mark	8547	7863
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		39.88
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		443.406
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.835
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		27.443
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		42.992
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		2869
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		5711
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2489
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		2869
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		5711

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A14 Bionic	Intel Core i5-1035G4
Essentials
Architecture codename	Firestorm/Icestorm	Ice Lake
Launch date	23 Oct 2020	1 Aug 2019
OS Support	iOS 14.0, iPadOS 14.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	559	554
Processor Number	APL1W01	i5-1035G4
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$309
Performance
Base frequency	1.82 GHz	1.10 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)	320 KB
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	10 nm
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.70 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6	8
Transistor count	11.8 billion
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
L3 cache		6 MB
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	1	4
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	55.63 GB/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	LPDDR4X-3733, DDR4-3200
ECC memory support
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	1278 MHz	300 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Device ID		0x8A5A
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel Iris Plus Graphics
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		12 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.50 GHz
Sockets supported		FCBGA1526
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096 x 2304
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring
Virtualization
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)