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Apple A7 vs Intel Atom x7-Z8700

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A7
Rank 2 - 86 %
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 63 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
239
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 63 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
528
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
838
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A7
Apple A7 75 %
PowerVR G6430
115
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
154

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Atom (108)
CPU groupApple A7 (1)Intel Atom x3/x5/x7 (9)
ArchitectureA7Cherry Trail
Technology28 nm14 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 138
PredecessorApple A6
SuccessorApple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 24 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Cyclone 4x
Frequency: 1.40 GHz 1.60 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.40 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
GPU namePowerVR G6430Intel HD Graphics 405 (16EU)
GPU frequency0.45 GHz0.20 - 0.60 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12816 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory8 GB
Technology28 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q2/2015

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
MemoryLPDDR3-1333 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 2
PCIe Bandwidth1.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
TDP2 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2015
Release price30 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A7
Apple A7
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
Intel Atom x7-Z8700
4C / 4T · 1.60 - 2.40 GHz

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