Apple A13 Bionic vs Intel Core i7-8700B

Comparative analysis of Apple A13 Bionic and Intel Core i7-8700B 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 - 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).

Apple A13 Bionic

Intel Core i7-8700B

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A13 Bionic

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
10.8x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 65 Watt

Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 14 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8700B

6 more threads: 12 vs 6
Around 74% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
16x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 4 GB
Around 18% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2739 vs 2318
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11964 vs 5679

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	12 vs 6
Maximum frequency	4.60 GHz vs 2.65 GHz
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2739 vs 2318
PassMark - CPU mark	11964 vs 5679

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A13 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8700B

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2318

2739

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

5679

11964

Name	Apple A13 Bionic	Intel Core i7-8700B
PassMark - Single thread mark	2318	2739
PassMark - CPU mark	5679	11964
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		1206
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		6013
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		38.821
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		82.03
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		2126
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		1508
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		2852
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		2126
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		1508
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		2852

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A13 Bionic	Intel Core i7-8700B
Essentials
Architecture codename	Lightning/Thunder	Coffee Lake
Launch date	20 Sep 2019	Q2'18
OS Support	iOS 13.0, iPadOS 13.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	993	988
Processor Number	APL1W85	i7-8700B
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Series		8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status		Launched
Performance
Base frequency	1.72 GHz	3.20 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache	8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	2.65 GHz	4.60 GHz
Number of cores	6	6
Number of threads	6	12
Transistor count	8.5 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed		8 GT/s DMI3
Maximum core temperature		100°C
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s
Maximum memory size	4 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR4-2666
Graphics
Execution Units	16
Graphics base frequency	1230 MHz	350 MHz
iGPU core count	4
Device ID		0x3E9B
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.20 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® UHD Graphics 630
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	65 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42mm x 28mm
Sockets supported		FCBGA1440
Graphics interfaces
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® 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® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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)