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Apple A7 vs Intel Core i3-1210U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 18 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1210U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 12 %
Apple A7
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i3-1210U
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 18 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Intel Core i3-1210U
6C / 8T · 4.40 GHz
1,575
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A7
Apple A7 12 %
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
528
Intel Core i3-1210U
6C / 8T · 1.60 GHz
4,322
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A7
Apple A7 14 %
PowerVR G6430
115
Intel Core i3-1210U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
843

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupApple A7 (1)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureA7Alder Lake U
Technology28 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
PredecessorApple A6
SuccessorApple A8

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Cyclone
1.40 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.00 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Gracemont
0.70 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB4.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB10.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
GPU namePowerVR G6430Intel Iris Xe Graphics 64 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency0.45 GHz0.25 - 0.85 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12864 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays24
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology28 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
MemoryLPDDR3-1333 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB64 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
TDP9 W
TDP (PL2)29 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A7Intel Core i3-1210U
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2013Q1/2022
Release price
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Apple A7
Apple A7
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Intel Core i3-1210U
Intel Core i3-1210U
6C / 8T · 1.00 - 4.40 GHz

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Apple A7
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