Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Core i7-6820HQ 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 A12Z Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 6 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3x lower typical power consumption: 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2202 vs 1953
  • Around 37% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9365 vs 6817
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 vs 1 September 2015
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 1 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 vs 1953
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 vs 6817

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-6820HQ

  • Around 45% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 256x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 16 GB
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-6820HQ

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2202
1953
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
9365
6817
Name Apple A12Z Bionic Intel Core i7-6820HQ
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202 1953
PassMark - CPU mark 9365 6817
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 847
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 3304
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 16.222
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 150.937
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.803
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 5.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 42.091
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3432
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6055
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1711
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3432
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6055

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12Z Bionic Intel Core i7-6820HQ

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Skylake
Launch date 25 Mar 2020 1 September 2015
OS Support iPadOS 13.4, macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1088 1096
Processor Number APL1083 i7-6820HQ
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $378
Series 6th 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) 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 3.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 10 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s DMI3
Die size 122 mm
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 350 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8 1.05 GHz
Device ID 0x191B
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 64 GB
Processor graphics Intel® HD Graphics 530

Compatibility

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

Graphics interfaces

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

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@24Hz
Max resolution over VGA N / A
Max resolution over WiDi 1080p

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® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
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)