Apple A11 Bionic vs Intel Core i7-4600M

Comparative analysis of Apple A11 Bionic and Intel Core i7-4600M processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A11 Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 2 more threads: 6 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 22 nm
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4.6x lower typical power consumption: 8 Watt vs 37 Watt
  • Around 39% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4420 vs 3191
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 vs 4 June 2013
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt vs 37 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4420 vs 3191

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-4600M

  • Around 51% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.39 GHz
  • 341.3x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 10.7x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 3 GB
  • Around 41% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1866 vs 1325
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 2.39 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 3 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1866 vs 1325

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A11 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-4600M

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1325
1866
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4420
3191
Name Apple A11 Bionic Intel Core i7-4600M
PassMark - Single thread mark 1325 1866
PassMark - CPU mark 4420 3191
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 784
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 1655
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 7.457
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7.984
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.316
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.819
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2.181
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3005
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3032
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 604
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3005
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3032

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A11 Bionic Intel Core i7-4600M

Essentials

Architecture codename Monsoon/Mistral Haswell
Launch date 22 Sep 2017 4 June 2013
OS Support iOS 11.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1819 1826
Processor Number APL1W72 i7-4600M
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $346
Series 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.19 GHz 2.90 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 10 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 2.39 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 4
Transistor count 4.3 billion 960 Million
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Die size 130 mm
L3 cache 4096 KB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 100 °C
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 3 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR3L 1333/1600

Graphics

Execution Units 12
Graphics base frequency 1066 MHz 400 MHz
iGPU core count 3
Device ID 0x416
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.30 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.3 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 2 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 4600

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 8 Watt 37 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm x 4.7mm
Sockets supported FCPGA946

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3
VGA
Wireless Display (WiDi) support

Graphics image quality

Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over VGA 2880x1800@60Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 11.2/12
OpenGL 4.3

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3
PCIe configurations 1x16 or 2x8 or 1x8 2x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)