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Apple A8 vs Intel Core m3-8100Y

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 41 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-8100Y
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 43 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-8100Y
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 40 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
1,028
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 34 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C / 4T · 1.10 GHz
1,740
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 42 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
763
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 42 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C / 4T · 1.10 GHz
1,429
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 39 %
Apple A8
136
Intel Core m3-8100Y
Intel UHD Graphics 615
346

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i3 (205)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Intel Core M 8 (1)
ArchitectureA8Amber Lake Y
Technology20 nm14 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1515
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 22 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Typhoon 2x
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 1.10 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 3.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
GPU nameApple A8Intel UHD Graphics 615
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.30 - 0.90 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 12824 / 192
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory4 GB8 GB
Technology20 nm14 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2018

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
TDP5 W5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up8 W
TDP down4.5 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core m3-8100Y
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2014Q3/2018
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core m3-8100Y
Intel Core m3-8100Y
2C / 4T · 1.10 - 3.40 GHz

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