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Intel Core i3-3217U vs Apple A13 Bionic

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 23 %

Intel Core i3-3217U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A13 Bionic

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 22 %

Intel Core i3-3217U

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A13 Bionic

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

318

6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

1,710

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

664

6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

3,599

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

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

370

6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

1,336

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

2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

860

6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

3,429

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel HD Graphics 4000

282

Apple A13

691

More benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
Family	Intel Core i3 (205)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Intel Core i 3000U (12)	Apple A13 (1)
Architecture	Ivy Bridge U	A13 (Lightning / Thunder)
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Segment	Notebook	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	BGA 1023
Predecessor		Apple A12 Bionic
Successor		Apple A14 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads	2 / 4	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	2x 1.80 GHz	2x Lightning 2.65 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Thunder 1.80 GHz
L2-Cache		8.00 MB
L3-Cache	3.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
GPU name	Intel HD Graphics 4000	Apple A13
GPU frequency	0.35 - 1.10 GHz	1.35 GHz
CUs / Shader	16 / 128	16 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	1
Max. GPU Memory	2 GB	4 GB
Technology	22 nm	7 nm
Release date	Q1/2011	Q3/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
Memory	DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	32 GB	4 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth	8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
TDP	17 W	6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i3-3217U	Apple A13 Bionic
Chip design	Monolithic	Chiplet
AES-NI	✓	✗
Operating systems	Windows 10, Linux	iOS
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX
Release date	Q2/2012	Q3/2019
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i3-3217U is 1.9 stars (10 ratings), while Apple A13 Bionic has received 3.8 stars (183 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i3-3217U
2C / 4T · 1.80 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz

★★★★★