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Apple A17 Pro vs Intel Core i3-1215U
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
70 %
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
57 %
6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
75 %
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Intel Core i3-1215U
91 %
6C / 8T · 1.80 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores)
Intel Core i3-1215U
51 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Apple A17 Pro (1) | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) |
| Architecture | Ibiza | Alder Lake U |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A18 Pro | Intel Core i3-1315U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 6 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 3.78 GHz |
2x Golden Cove 1.20 - 4.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.11 GHz |
4x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 4.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 10.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | 0.30 - 1.10 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 768 | 64 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 3 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2023 | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 8 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 11 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 55 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core i3-1215U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2023 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Intel Core i3-1215U
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Apple A17 Pro
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
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