Apple A4 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

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Apple A4 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Apple A4 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Apple A4 and the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Apple A4 1 core processor released in Q2/2010 with the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2023.
Apple A series (22) Family Intel Core Ultra 7 (9)
Apple A4 (1) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100H (5)
4 Generation 1
A4 Architecture Meteor Lake H
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A4 is a 1 core processor with a clock frequency of 0.80 GHz (1.00 GHz). The processor can compute 1 threads at the same time. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H clocks with 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 22 threads in parallel.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
1 Cores 16
1 Threads 22
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
0.80 GHz (1.00 GHz)
1x Cortex-A8
A-Core 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
-- B-Core 0.90 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
-- AI hardware Intel AI engine
-- AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

PowerVR SGX535 GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 2.30 GHz
-- GPU Generation --
65nm Technology 5 nm
1 Max. displays 4
2 Compute units 128
2 Shader 1024
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
10.1 DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

PowerVR SGX535 GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
No Codec h264 Decode / Encode
No Codec VP9 Decode
No Codec VP8 Decode
No Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
No Codec AVC Decode / Encode
No Codec VC-1 Decode
No Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to GB of memory in a maximum of 1 memory channels is supported by the Apple A4, while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
LPDDR2-800 Memory LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600
Max. Memory 96 GB
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
-- Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
No ECC No
0.51 MB L2 Cache 18.00 MB
-- L3 Cache 24.00 MB
-- PCIe version 5.0
-- PCIe lanes 20
-- PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Apple A4 has a TDP of --. The TDP of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 28 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
-- TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
-- TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up 65 W
-- TDP down 20 W
-- Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Apple A4 has 0.51 MB cache and is manufactured in 45 nm. The cache of Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is at 42.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Apple A4 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
45 nm Technology 7 nm
Chiplet Chip design Chiplet
Armv7-A (32 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
-- Socket BGA 2049
None Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No AES-NI Yes
iOS Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q2/2010 Release date Q4/2023
-- Release price --
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Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
1866 (100%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
13192 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 1.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
2502 (100%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple A4 Apple A4
1C 1T @ 0.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545 (100%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A4 Apple A4
PowerVR SGX535 @ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz
4559 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A4 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Apple iPhone 4 Unknown

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