Apple A5X vs Intel Core i5-4260U. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A5/A5X Intel Core i 4000U
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Core i5
• Generation
  5 4
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A6X -

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

• A-Core
  2x Cortex-A9 -
• Base Frequency
  1 GHz 1.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.7 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo 2.7 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
  10 11.1
• Execution units
  8 40
• Generation
  - 7.5
• GPU Frequency
  200 MHz 200 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR SGX543MP4 (4 Cores) Intel HD Graphics 5000
• GPU Turbo
  No turbo 1000 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 2 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2012 Q2/2013
• Shader
  64 320
• Technology
  45 nm 22 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i5-4260U and Apple A5X. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  1 GB -
• Memory channels
  4 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR2-800 DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM
• PCIe lanes
  - 12
• PCIe version
  - 2.0

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A5X and Intel Core i5-4260U Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A5X and Intel Core i5-4260U, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A5 Haswell U
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv7-A32 (32 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  - SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  1 MB -
• L3-Cache
  - 3 MB
• Part Number
  APL 5498 -
• Release date
  Q1/2011 Q2/2014
• Socket
  - BGA 1168
• Technology
  32 nm 22 nm
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d