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Intel Atom N455 vs Apple A6x

Intel Atom N455

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The Intel Atom N455 is a small and cheap entry level CPU for Netbooks and small laptops. In the package is an integrated memory controller for DDR3 main memory (the difference to the Atom N450) and the GMA 3150 graphics card. 

The performance of the whole system (Atom N455 and integrated GMA 3150) is only sufficient for basic tasks like surfing the web, or office working. HD video, video cutting, advanced photo editing, multitasking and of course gaming may overstrain the GPU and CPU. Compared to the previous Atom generation, the performance gain is only marginally above a similar clocked Atom N280 / GMA 950.

An advantage of the combination, is the small overall power consumption of the CPU, GPU and memory controller (only 6.5 Watt TDP). Intel states 20% power reduction and 60% package reduction. Therefore, the chip is ideally used in small Netbooks, MIDs, and thin laptops. Compared to the Z500 series combined with the US15W chipset (2.4+2.3 W), the power consumption is similar.

Apple A6x

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The Apple A6x is a dual-core-SoC (System on a Chip) with ARM compatible CPU cores (ARMv7s instruction set). Both can be clocked at up to 1400 MHz depending on the load. It is used in the iPad 4 and compared to the A6 in the iPhone 5, the A6x offers a faster GPU (PowerVR SGX544MP4).

The CPU-Performance of the A6x is similar to the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro MSM8960T, while the GPU is about as fast as the Adreno 320.

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ModelIntel Atom N455Apple A6x
SeriesIntel AtomApple
CodenamePinetrail
Series:
Intel Atom D525 compare1.8 GHz2 / 4 cores
Intel Atom N455 « 1.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N450 compare1.66 GHz1 / 2 cores
Intel Atom N435 compare1.33 GHz1 / 2 cores
HiSilicon Kirin 9000W compare1.53 - 2.49 GHz12 / 12 cores
UNISOC Tiger T310 compare1.8 - 2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3288 compare1.8 GHz4 / 4 cores
Apple A6x « 1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 compare1 GHz2 cores
Apple S5 compare2 / 2 cores
HiSilicon k3v2 Hi3620 compare1.2 GHz4 / 4 cores
Rockchip RK3066 1.5 GHz compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Amlogic AML8726-MX compare1.5 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK3168 compare1.2 GHz2 / 2 cores
Rockchip RK2918 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
ARM Cortex A8 1.2 GHz compare1.2 GHz1 / 1 cores
Telechips TCC8803 1GHz compare1 GHz1 / 1 cores
Loongson 2F 900MHz compare0.9 GHz1 / 1 cores
CSR8670 compare0.08 GHz2 cores
ARM Cortex-M4 compare cores
HiSilicon Hi6262 compare cores
DK3.5+ST compare2 cores
unknown compare cores
Clock1660 MHz1400 MHz
FSB533
L2 Cache512 KB
Cores / Threads1 / 22
TDP6.5 Watt
Technology45 nm32 nm
max. Temp.100 °C
SocketFCBGA559
Featuresintegrated DDR3 memory controller, integrated GMA 3150 GPU, Hyperthreading
Architecturex86ARM
$64 U.S.
Announced

Benchmarks

Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
100%
1 N455 +
min: 509     avg: 547     median: 564 (3%)     max: 568 Points
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
100%
1 N455 +
min: 840     avg: 856     median: 863 (1%)     max: 866 Points
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
100%
1 N455 +
min: 3712     avg: 3751     median: 3750.5 (44%)     max: 3789 s
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
100%
1 N455 +
min: 118     avg: 119.5     median: 119.5 (24%)     max: 121 s
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
100%
1 N455 +
min: 445     avg: 476.7     median: 490 (1%)     max: 495 Points
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
100%
1 N455 +
min: 92     avg: 94     median: 95 (21%)     max: 95 s
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
100%
1 N455 +
min: 202     avg: 213.7     median: 207 (9%)     max: 232 s
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
100%
1 N455 +
min: 4417     avg: 4523     median: 4533 (20%)     max: 4618 s
SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS) - SiSoft Sandra Dhrystone (MIPS)
100%
1 N455 +
min: 4196     avg: 4197     median: 4198 (2%)     max: 4198 MIPS
SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS) - SiSoft Sandra Whetstone (MFLOPS)
100%
1 N455 +
min: 3505     avg: 3506     median: 3506 (3%)     max: 3506 MFLOPS
PCMark 05 - PCMark 05 - Standard
100%
1 N455 +
min: 1261     avg: 1317     median: 1266 (3%)     max: 1423 Points
Windows 7 Experience Index - Win7 CPU
100%
1 N455 +
min: 2.3     avg: 2.3     median: 2.3 (29%)     max: 2.4 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8647 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8627 Points (7%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A6x +
8850 Points (7%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A6x +
1424 Points (3%)
Geekbench 3 - Geekbench 3 32 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A6x +
781 Points (15%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
100%
1 A6x +
1012 Points (8%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
100%
1 A6x +
2053 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
100%
1 A6x +
2262 Points (4%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
100%
1 A6x +
1330 Points (3%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
100%
1 A6x +
1768 Points (5%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Multi Thread
100%
1 A6x +
654 MFLOPS (22%)
Linpack Android / IOS - Linpack Single Thread
100%
1 A6x +
382.4 MFLOPS (37%)
Sunspider - Sunspider 0.9.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A6x +
895 ms (8%)

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