Apple A5 vs Intel Core i7-7820X

Last updated: 2023-04-27

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A5		Intel Core i7-7820X
CPU comparison Apple A5 or Intel Core i7-7820X - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results. The Apple A5 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.00 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Apple A5 was released in Q1/2011. The Intel Core i7-7820X has 8 cores with 16 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7820X was released in Q2/2017.

Apple A series (22)	Family	Intel Core i7 (298)
Apple A5/A5X (2)	CPU group	Intel Core i 7000X (9)
5	Generation	7
A5	Architecture	Skylake X
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
--	Predecessor	--
Apple A6	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A5 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.00 GHz. The Intel Core i7-7820X has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.50 GHz).
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-7820X
2	Cores	8
2	Threads	16
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	Yes
1.00 GHz	Frequency	3.60 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	4.50 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	4.30 GHz

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 A5	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-7820X
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.
PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)	GPU	no iGPU
0.20 GHz	GPU frequency	--
--	GPU (Turbo)	--
--	GPU Generation	--
32 nm	Technology
1	Max. displays
4	Compute units	--
32	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	--
10	DirectX Version	--

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 SGX543MP2 (2 Cores)	GPU	no iGPU
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	No
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	No
No	Codec VC-1	No
No	Codec JPEG	No

Memory & PCIe The Apple A5 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-7820X can connect up to 128 GB of memory in 4 memory channels.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-7820X
LPDDR2-800	Memory	DDR4-2666
1 GB	Max. Memory	128 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	4 (Quad Channel)
6.4 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	85.4 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
--	L3 Cache	11.00 MB
--	PCIe version	3.0
--	PCIe lanes	28
--	PCIe Bandwidth	27.6 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A5 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Core i7-7820X is 140 W.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-7820X
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	140 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
--	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Apple A5 has a 1.00 MB cache, while the Intel Core i7-7820X cache has a total of 11.00 MB.
Apple A5	Characteristic	Intel Core i7-7820X
32 nm	Technology	14 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv7-A (32 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
--	Socket	LGA 2066
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
No	AES-NI	Yes
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q1/2011	Release date	Q2/2017
--	Release price	650 $

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A5 (39%)

Intel Core i7-7820X (100%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A5 (3%)

Intel Core i7-7820X (100%)

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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	496 (39%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1285 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	267 (3%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	8123 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	8916 (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 A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	1513 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	498 (100%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	5155 (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 A5 PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) @ 0.20 GHz	13 (100%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X @ 0.00 GHz	0 (0%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	17244 (100%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	212 (100%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 3.60 GHz	4398 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.50 GHz	197 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.


	Apple A5 2C 2T @ 1.00 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Core i7-7820X 8C 16T @ 4.30 GHz	1887 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Apple A5	Intel Core i7-7820X
Apple iPhone 4S Apple iPad 2	Unknown

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