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Apple A4 vs Intel Core i3-12300
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Average performance across multiple benchmarks
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Specifications
At a glance
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i3 (205) |
| CPU group | Apple A4 (1) | Intel Core i 12000 (34) |
| Architecture | A4 | Alder Lake S |
| Technology | 45 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 1 / 1 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 1x Cortex-A8 | 4x Golden Cove |
| Frequency: | 0.80 GHz | 3.50 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 1.00 GHz | 4.40 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 4.20 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | 5.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX535 | Intel UHD Graphics 730 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.45 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 2 / 2 | 24 / 192 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | |
| Technology | 65nm | 14 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2007 | Q1/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| Memory | LPDDR2-800 | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| TDP | 60 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | 89 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Apple A4 | Intel Core i3-12300 |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | |
| Release date | Q2/2010 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | 143 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
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Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)
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Apple A4
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