Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core i7-10850H

Comparative analysis of Apple A12X Bionic and Intel Core i7-10850H 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 A12X Bionic

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10850H

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 4 month(s) later
  • 4 more threads: 12 vs 8
  • Around 105% higher clock speed: 5.10 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2681 vs 2655
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11776 vs 11046
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2020 vs 7 Nov 2018
Number of threads 12 vs 8
Maximum frequency 5.10 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2681 vs 2655
PassMark - CPU mark 11776 vs 11046

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12X Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10850H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2655
2681
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11046
11776
Name Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-10850H
PassMark - Single thread mark 2655 2681
PassMark - CPU mark 11046 11776

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-10850H

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Comet Lake
Launch date 7 Nov 2018 2 Apr 2020
OS Support iOS 12.1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 844 824
Processor Number APL1083 i7-10850H
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $395
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 2.70 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 5.10 GHz
Number of cores 8 6
Number of threads 8 12
Transistor count 10 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 12 MB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 6 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2933

Graphics

Execution Units 28
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max frequency 7
Device ID 0x9BC4
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 45 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 35 Watt
Package Size 42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1440

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
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 SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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)