Apple A9X vs Intel Core i7-3610QE

Comparative analysis of Apple A9X and Intel Core i7-3610QE processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A9X

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 16 nm vs 22 nm
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 vs April 2012
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) vs 256 KB (per core)

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-3610QE

  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 4 vs 2
  • 6 more threads: 8 vs 2
  • Around 46% higher clock speed: 3.30 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
  • 2048x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 8.1x more maximum memory size: 32.23 GB vs 4 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1582 vs 1510
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 5026 vs 2517
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 4 vs 2
Number of threads 8 vs 2
Maximum frequency 3.30 GHz vs 2.26 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 32.23 GB vs 4 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1582 vs 1510
PassMark - CPU mark 5026 vs 2517

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A9X
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-3610QE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1510
1582
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2517
5026
Name Apple A9X Intel Core i7-3610QE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1510 1582
PassMark - CPU mark 2517 5026
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3169
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 10245
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 6.974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 14.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.353
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 2.308
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4.16

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A9X Intel Core i7-3610QE

Essentials

Architecture codename Twister Ivy Bridge
Launch date 7 Sep 2016 April 2012
OS Support iOS 9.1, iOS 15.7.5, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1697 1702
Processor Number APL1W24 i7-3610QE
Series Legacy Intel® Core™ Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Embedded

Performance

Base frequency 2.16 GHz 2.30 GHz
L1 cache 64 KB instruction + 64 KB data (per core) 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 3 MB (shared) 256 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 16 nm 22 nm
Maximum frequency 2.26 GHz 3.30 GHz
Number of cores 2 4
Number of threads 2 8
Transistor count 3 billion 1400 million
64 bit support
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
Die size 160 mm
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Maximum core temperature 105°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 GB 32.23 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4-3200 DDR3 1067/1333/1600, DDR3L 1333/1600

Graphics

Execution Units 48
Graphics base frequency 650 MHz 650 MHz
iGPU core count 12
Processor graphics Custom PowerVR Series7XT Intel® HD Graphics 4000
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video

Graphics interfaces

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

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Package Size 37.5mmx 37.5mm PGA
Sockets supported FCPGA988
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 45 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 (16), 2.0 (1x4 lanes)
PCIe configurations 1x16 2x8 1X8 2x4 1x4

Security & Reliability

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

4G WiMAX Wireless
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
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)