Apple A9 vs Intel Celeron J6413. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A9/A9X Intel Celeron J6000/N6000
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Celeron
• Generation
  9 11
• Predecessor
  Apple A8 -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A10 Fusion -

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Twister -
• Base Frequency
  1.85 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  - 2.6 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  6 16
• Generation
  6 11
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A9 Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Elkhart Lake)
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 800 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2021
• Shader
  192 128
• Technology
  16 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  No Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Celeron J6413 and Apple A9. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  2 GB 32 GB
• Memory channels
  1 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4-3200 DDR4-3200LPDDR4X-3733
• PCIe lanes
  - 8
• PCIe version
  - 3.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A9 and Intel Celeron J6413 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  - 105 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  5 W 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A9 and Intel Celeron J6413, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A9 Elkhart Lake
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  3 MB 1.5 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q1/2021
• Socket
  - BGA 1493
• Technology
  16 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d