Apple A15 Bionic vs Intel Atom CE4150

Comparative analysis of Apple A15 Bionic and Intel Atom CE4150 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Advanced Technologies. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

Apple A15 Bionic

Intel Atom CE4150

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A15 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 12 year(s) 0 month(s) later
5 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 1
Around 169% higher clock speed: 3.23 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 45 nm
24x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 7 Watt

Launch date	14 Sep 2021 vs September 2009
Number of cores	6 vs 1
Maximum frequency	3.23 GHz vs 1.2 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 45 nm
L2 cache	12 MB (shared) vs 512 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 7 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Atom CE4150

56.9x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later

L1 cache	64 KB (per core) vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A15 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Atom CE4150

Name	Apple A15 Bionic	Intel Atom CE4150
PassMark - Single thread mark	3593
PassMark - CPU mark	9899

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A15 Bionic	Intel Atom CE4150
Essentials
Architecture codename	Avalanche/Blizzard	Sodaville
Launch date	14 Sep 2021	September 2009
OS Support	iOS 15.0, iPadOS 15.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	424	not rated
Processor Number	APL1W07
Vertical segment	Mobile	Laptop
Performance
Base frequency	2.02 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	45 nm
Maximum frequency	3.23 GHz	1.2 GHz
Number of cores	6	1
Number of threads	6
Transistor count	15 billion	47 million
Die size		26 mm
Memory
Max memory channels	1
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266
Graphics
Execution Units	20
Graphics base frequency	1338 MHz
iGPU core count	5
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	7 Watt
Sockets supported		Intel BGA 951
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology