Apple A13 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-1038NG7

Comparative analysis of Apple A13 Bionic and Intel Core i5-1038NG7 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 A13 Bionic

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 10 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4.7x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 28 Watt
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2318 vs 2208
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 10 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 28 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2318 vs 2208

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-1038NG7

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
  • 2 more threads: 8 vs 6
  • Around 43% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
  • 170.7x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 60% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9091 vs 5677
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 4 May 2020 vs 20 Sep 2019
Number of threads 8 vs 6
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 9091 vs 5677

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A13 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-1038NG7

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2318
2208
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5677
9091
Name Apple A13 Bionic Intel Core i5-1038NG7
PassMark - Single thread mark 2318 2208
PassMark - CPU mark 5677 9091

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A13 Bionic Intel Core i5-1038NG7

Essentials

Architecture codename Lightning/Thunder Ice Lake
Launch date 20 Sep 2019 4 May 2020
OS Support iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 999 1000
Processor Number APL1W85 i5-1038NG7
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $320
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i5 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.72 GHz 2.00 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 192 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 10 nm
Maximum frequency 2.65 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 6 4
Number of threads 6 8
Transistor count 8.5 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
L3 cache 6 MB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 58.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB 64 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 1230 MHz 300 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Device ID 0x8A53
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt 28 Watt
Sockets supported FCBGA1344

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP 5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096 x 2304

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0

Security & Reliability

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

Advanced Technologies

Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading 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)