Intel Pentium G2030 vs Apple A9. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G2000 Apple A9/A9X
• Family
  Intel Pentium Apple A series
• Generation
  3 9
• Predecessor
  - Apple A8
• Segment
  Desktop / Server 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
  3 GHz 1.85 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 2
• CPU Threads
  2 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo No turbo

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
  11.0 -
• Execution units
  6 6
• Generation
  7 6
• GPU Frequency
  650 MHz 650 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge GT1) Apple A9
• GPU Turbo
  1000 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 4 GB
• Release date
  Q4/2012 Q3/2015
• Shader
  48 192
• Technology
  22 nm 16 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A9 and Intel Pentium G2030. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  Yes No
• Max. Memory
  - 2 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3-1333 LPDDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  2.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium G2030 and Apple A9 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)
  55 W 5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium G2030 and Apple A9, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Ivy Bridge S A9
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 3 MB
• L3-Cache
  3 MB 4 MB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2015
• Socket
  LGA 1155 -
• Technology
  22 nm 16 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None