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Apple A6 vs Intel Core i7-990X
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Average performance across multiple benchmarks
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Specifications
At a glance
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| CPU group | Apple A6/A6X (2) | Intel Core i7 900 (4) |
| Architecture | A6 | Gulftown |
| Technology | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1366 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A5 | |
| Successor | Apple A7 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 2 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x Swift | 6x |
| Frequency: | 1.30 GHz | 3.46 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.73 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| GPU name | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 0.27 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 6 / 48 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| Memory | LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s) | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 1 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 3 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| TDP | 130 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Apple A6 | Intel Core i7-990X |
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| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv7-A (32 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2012 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | 1059 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz
2
Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)
32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz
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Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 0.00 GHz
4
Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C / 20T · 5.10 GHz
5
AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
8C / 16T · 4.80 GHz
6
Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
14C / 28T · 3.30 GHz
7
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
8C / 16T · 4.60 GHz
8
Intel Core i7-990X
6C / 12T · 3.73 GHz
9
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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