Apple A12 Bionic vs Intel Core i3-10110Y

Comparative analysis of Apple A12 Bionic and Intel Core i3-10110Y 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.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12 Bionic

  • 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: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 16x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 17% lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 7 Watt
  • Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 4998 vs 3297
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Number of threads 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 512 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 7 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 4998 vs 3297

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i3-10110Y

  • CPU is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
  • Around 61% higher clock speed: 4.00 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 170.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2020 vs 1991
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 21 Aug 2019 vs 21 Sep 2018
Maximum frequency 4.00 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 16 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2020 vs 1991

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i3-10110Y

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1991
2020
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
4998
3297
Name Apple A12 Bionic Intel Core i3-10110Y
PassMark - Single thread mark 1991 2020
PassMark - CPU mark 4998 3297

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12 Bionic Intel Core i3-10110Y

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest Amber Lake Y
Launch date 21 Sep 2018 21 Aug 2019
OS Support iOS 12.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 14.5, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1267 1274
Processor Number APL1W81 i3-10110Y
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i3 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1.00 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 512 KB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 4.00 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Number of threads 6 4
Transistor count 6.9 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
L3 cache 4 MB
Maximum core temperature 100

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 33.33 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR3-2133, DDR3L-1600

Graphics

Execution Units 16 24
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 300 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Device ID 0x87CA
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 16 GB
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 7 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 5.5 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 700 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 9 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 1.50 GHz
Package Size 26.5mm x 18.5mm
Sockets supported UTFCBGA1377

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 3840x2160@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 10
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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