Apple A7 vs Intel Pentium N3520

Last updated: 2023-04-20

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Apple A7		Intel Pentium N3520
CPU comparison Apple A7 or Intel Pentium N3520 - 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 A7 has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 1.40 GHz. Up to 1 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A7 was released in Q3/2013. The Intel Pentium N3520 has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.42 GHz. The CPU supports up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3520 was released in Q4/2013.

Apple A series (22)	Family	Intel Pentium (150)
Apple A7 (1)	CPU group	Intel Pentium J2000/N3500 (6)
7	Generation	6
A7	Architecture	Bay Trail
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
Apple A6	Predecessor	--
Apple A8	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Apple A7 is a 2 core processor with a clock frequency of 1.40 GHz. The Intel Pentium N3520 has 4 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.17 GHz (2.42 GHz).
Apple A7	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3520
2	Cores	4
2	Threads	4
normal	Core architecture	normal
No	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
1.40 GHz	Frequency	2.17 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (1 Core)	2.42 GHz
--	Turbo Frequency (All Cores)	2.42 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 A7	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3520
--	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 G6430	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
0.45 GHz	GPU frequency	0.31 GHz
--	GPU (Turbo)	0.85 GHz
--	GPU Generation	7
28 nm	Technology	22 nm
2	Max. displays	2
16	Compute units	4
128	Shader	32
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
--	Max. GPU Memory	2 GB
10	DirectX Version	11.2

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 G6430	GPU	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
No	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
No	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VP9	No
No	Codec VP8	No
No	Codec AV1	No
No	Codec AVC	Decode / Encode
No	Codec VC-1	Decode
No	Codec JPEG	Decode

Memory & PCIe The Apple A7 supports a maximum of 1 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Intel Pentium N3520 can connect up to 8 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.
Apple A7	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3520
LPDDR3-1333	Memory	DDR3-1333
1 GB	Max. Memory	8 GB
1 (Single Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
12.8 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	21.3 GB/s
No	ECC	No
1.00 MB	L2 Cache	--
4.00 MB	L3 Cache	2.00 MB
--	PCIe version	2.0
--	PCIe lanes	4
--	PCIe Bandwidth	2.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Apple A7 has a TDP of --, that of the Intel Pentium N3520 is 7.5 W.
Apple A7	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3520
--	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	7.5 W
--	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	4.5 W
--	Tjunction max.	100 °C
Technical details The Apple A7 has a 5.00 MB cache, while the Intel Pentium N3520 cache has a total of 2.00 MB.
Apple A7	Characteristic	Intel Pentium N3520
28 nm	Technology	22 nm
Chiplet	Chip design	Monolithic
Armv8-A (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
--	ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2
--	Socket	BGA 1170
None	Virtualization	VT-x, VT-x EPT
No	AES-NI	No
iOS	Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2013	Release date	Q4/2013
--	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A7 (100%)

Intel Pentium N3520 (85%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Apple A7 (70%)

Intel Pentium N3520 (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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	278 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	237 (85%)

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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	528 (70%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	752 (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 A7 PowerVR G6430 @ 0.45 GHz	115 (100%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) @ 0.85 GHz	55 (47%)

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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	184 (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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	560 (100%)

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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	1139 (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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	38 (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 A7 2C 2T @ 1.40 GHz	0 (0%)
	Intel Pentium N3520 4C 4T @ 2.42 GHz	143 (100%)

Devices using this processor
Apple A7	Intel Pentium N3520
Apple iPhone 6 Apple iPhone 6 Plus Apple iPad Mini 4 Apple TV HD Apple HomePod Apple iPod touch (6. Gen)	Unknown

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