Apple A9 vs Intel Pentium P6300

Comparative analysis of Apple A9 and Intel Pentium P6300 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 8 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 32 nm
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 33% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 54% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1187 vs 772
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 2067 vs 834
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 vs 6 January 2011
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 32 nm
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB (shared) vs 3072 KB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187 vs 772
PassMark - CPU mark 2067 vs 834

Reasons to consider the Intel Pentium P6300

  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 2.27 GHz vs 1.85 GHz
  • 1024x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 8 GB vs 2 GB
Maximum frequency 2.27 GHz vs 1.85 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 8 GB vs 2 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9
CPU 2: Intel Pentium P6300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1187
772
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2067
834
Name Apple A9 Intel Pentium P6300
PassMark - Single thread mark 1187 772
PassMark - CPU mark 2067 834
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1495
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2614

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9 Intel Pentium P6300

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Arrandale
Launch date 9 Sep 2015 6 January 2011
OS Support iOS 9.0, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 2056 2055
Processor Number APL1021 P6300
Series Legacy Intel® Pentium® Processor
Status Discontinued
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.85 GHz 2.27 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 512 KB
L3 cache 4 MB (shared) 3072 KB
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 32 nm
Maximum frequency 1.85 GHz 2.27 GHz
Number of cores 2 2
Number of threads 2 2
Transistor count 2 billion 382 million
64 bit support
Bus Speed 2.5 GT/s DMI
Die size 81 mm2
Front-side bus (FSB) 2500 MHz
Maximum core temperature 90°C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s 17.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 2 GB 8 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR3 800/1066

Graphics

Execution Units 24
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 500 MHz
iGPU core count 6
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series 7XT @ 650MHz Intel HD Graphics
Graphics max dynamic frequency 667 MHz
Graphics max frequency 667 MHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mmx37.5mm
Sockets supported PGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 1
PCI Express revision 2.0
PCIe configurations 1x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)