A16 (iPad) vs Intel Pentium Silver N6000
            A16 (iPad)
            
                
            
        
    
            Intel Pentium Silver N6000
            
                
            
        
    | 5 Cores 5 Threads 3.44GHz Clock | 4 Cores 4 Threads 1.1GHz Clock | 
| Socket Unknown | Socket BGA 1338 | 
| iGPU4-Core A16 1.43 TFLOPS FP32 | iGPUUHD 32EU 850MHz Gen 11 440 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| GB6S 2,585 64% | GB6S 520 13% | 
| GB6M 6,165 23% | GB6M 1,400 5% | 
| CB23S N/A 0% | CB23S 755 29% | 
| CB23M N/A 0% | CB23M 2,025 5% | 
| ManufacturerApple | ManufacturerIntel | 
| ArchitectureApple Silicon 12 | ArchitectureTremont | 
| FamilyA Series | FamilyPentium | 
| Instruction Set (ISA) AArch64 | Instruction Set (ISA) x86-64 | 
| Codename Crete - A16 P-Core Everest - - E-Core Sawtooth | Codename - - - - - - - - - | 
| Market Segment Mobile | Market Segment Laptop | 
| Release Date 3/4/2025 | Release Date 1/1/2021 | 
| Foundry TSMC - - - | Foundry Intel - - - | 
| Node N4P - - - | Node 10nm+ - - - | 
| Die Size 115 mm² - - - | Die Size Unknown - - - | 
| Transistor Count 16 Billion - - - | Transistor Count Unknown - - - | 
| Unknown | BGA 1338 | 
| 5 Cores 2 P-Cores - 3 E-Cores | 4 Cores - - - | 
| 5 Threads 2 P-Threads - 3 E-Threads | 4 Threads - - - | 
| P-Core 3.44GHz - - | - 1.1GHz 3.3GHz Boost - | 
| - - - | - - - | 
| E-Core 2.02GHz - | - - - | 
| Overclocking Locked - - - | Overclocking Locked - - - | 
| Integrated Chipset - | Integrated Chipset - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| - - | - - | 
| L0 Instruction - - | L0 Instruction - - | 
| L0 Data - - | L0 Data - - | 
| L1 Instruction 192KB/P-Core 6-way set associative - - 128KB/E-Core 4-way set associative | L1 Instruction 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L1 Data 128KB/P-Core 4-way set associative - - 64KB/E-Core 2-way set associative | L1 Data 32KB/Core 8-way set associative - - - - | 
| L2 - - 16MB Shared 16-way set associative - - - - - - 4MB Shared (E-Core) 16-way set associative | L2 - - 1.5MB Shared 12-way set associative - - - - - - - - | 
| - - - - - - - - - - | L3 - 4MB Shared - 16-way set associative - - - - - | 
| - - - 24MB SLC Cache | - - - - | 
| Channels 1 | Channels 2 | 
| Max Memory 8GB | Max Memory 16GB 16GB | 
| ECC Not Supported | ECC Not Supported | 
| Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 64Bit | Bus Width/Channel 64Bit Bus Width 128Bit | 
| Clock 3200MHz Transfer Rate 6400MT/s | Clock 1467MHz 1467MHz Transfer Rate 2933MT/s 2933MT/s | 
| Bandwidth/Channel 51.2GB/s Bandwidth 51.2GB/s | Bandwidth/Channel 23.5GB/s 23.5GB/s Bandwidth 46.9GB/s 46.9GB/s | 
| TDP 5W - - - | TDP 6W 5W cTDP Down - - | 
| - - - | Temp 100°C Max - | 
| Included Cooler Not Included | Included Cooler Not Included | 
| No PCIe | PCIe 3.0 x8 Lanes | 
| 4-Core A16 512 Shaders 1398MHz 1.43 TFLOPS FP32 | UHD 32EU 850MHz Gen 11 256 Shaders 850MHz 440 GFLOPS FP32 | 
| - | No NPU - | 
| - 16 Cores | - - | 
| 17 TOPS FP16 | -  | 
| - - | - - | 
| No Cellular | No Cellular | 
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