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Apple A7 vs Apple M1 (7-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 16 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 7 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A7
Apple A7 16 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
1,742
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A7
Apple A7 7 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
528
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
7,650
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A7
Apple A7 5 %
PowerVR G6430
115
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Apple M1 (7 Core)
2,290

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A7 (1)Apple M1 (9)
ArchitectureA7M1
Technology28 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A6
SuccessorApple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cyclone
1.40 GHz
4x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
GPU namePowerVR G6430Apple M1 (7 Core)
GPU frequency0.45 GHz0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128112 / 896
Raytracing
Max. displays22
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology28 nm5 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q4/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR3-1333 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
TDP18 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up25 W
TDP down10 W
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A7Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ3/2013Q4/2020
Release price
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Your rating

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Apple A7
Apple A7
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

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Apple A7
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