Apple A14 Bionic vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420

Let's find out which one of Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 is of a more recent generation, and what segment it belongs to.

• Name
  Apple A14 Bionic Intel Pentium Gold G5420
• Segment
  Mobile Desktop / Server
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Pentium
• Generation
  14 8
• CPU group
  Apple A14 Intel Pentium G5000
• Predecessor
  Apple A13 Bionic --
• Successor
  Apple A15 Bionic --

In this block we are going to compare Apple A14 Bionic vs Intel Pentium Gold G5420 by main technical specifications: number of cores and threads, base and maximum frequencies, process technology and cache size. The higher these specifications are, the more powerful your CPU will be.

• Frequency
  3.00 GHz 3.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• CPU Threads
  6 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  2x Firestorm --
• B core
  4x Icestorm --

Common specifications for integrated graphics cards in Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 along with supported interfaces and connection options. This block has no effect on the final efficiency of the CPU.

• GPU name
  Apple A14 Intel HD Graphics 610
• GPU frequency
  1.80 GHz 0.35 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  3.01 GHz 1.05 GHz
• Execution units
  4 12
• Shader
  0 96
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 32 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 9.5
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2016

Let's compare the support of video codecs between Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420. Hardware support of video decoding by embedded graphics cards directly affects the speed and quality of rendering videos.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

To choose the best model between Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 you need to pay special attention to memory type, clock frequency, multi-channel features, and PCIe version. The higher these numbers are, the better your CPU will be. Keep in mind that the maximum memory and frequency may also depend on the model of the motherboard.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2400
• Max. Memory
  6 GB 64 GB
• ECC
  No Yes
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  3.0
• PCIe lanes
  16

AES-NI encryption support for CPUs Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420.

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Let's find out what TDP value would be better for Apple A14 Bionic or Intel Pentium Gold G5420? The Thermal Design Power (TDP) indicates the maximum amount of heat that should be dissipated by the chip cooling system. However, the value of TDP gives only a rough indication of the real power consumption of the CPU.

• TDP (PL1)
  7 W 54 W

Here you can find a comparison of 2nd and 3rd level cache sizes for Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420 CPUs along with a list of ISA extensions.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) Coffee Lake S
• Technology
  5 nm 14 nm
• Socket
  N/A LGA 1151
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q2/2019

List of devices based on Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Pentium Gold G5420.

• Used in
  Apple iPhone 12 miniApple iPhone 12Apple iPhone 12 ProApple iPhone 12 Pro MaxApple iPad Air (4. Gen) Unknown