Apple A14 Bionic vs Intel Core i7-10875H

Comparative analysis of Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Core i7-10875H 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A14 Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 6 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 14 nm
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 7.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3396 vs 2736
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 Oct 2020 vs 2 Apr 2020
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 Watt vs 45 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 3396 vs 2736

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-10875H

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
  • 10 more threads: 16 vs 6
  • Around 70% higher clock speed: 5.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • 455.1x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 21.3x more maximum memory size: 128 GB vs 6 GB
  • Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14932 vs 8543
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 6
Maximum frequency 5.10 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 128 GB vs 6 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 14932 vs 8543

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A14 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-10875H

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3396
2736
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8543
14932
Name Apple A14 Bionic Intel Core i7-10875H
PassMark - Single thread mark 3396 2736
PassMark - CPU mark 8543 14932
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 5352
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 362.839
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.986

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A14 Bionic Intel Core i7-10875H

Essentials

Architecture codename Firestorm/Icestorm Comet Lake
Launch date 23 Oct 2020 2 Apr 2020
OS Support iOS 14.0, iPadOS 14.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating 463 597
Processor Number APL1W01 i7-10875H
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Launch price (MSRP) $450
Series 10th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.82 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 2 MB
Manufacturing process technology 5 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 5.10 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of threads 6 16
Transistor count 11.8 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 1 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 34.1 GB/s 45.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 6 GB 128 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2933

Graphics

Execution Units 16
Graphics base frequency 1278 MHz 350 MHz
iGPU core count 4
Device ID 0x9BC4
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.20 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel UHD Graphics

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 6 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)