Intel Core i7-1280P vs Apple A11 Bionic

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Intel Core i7-1280P CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A11 Bionic
Intel Core i7-1280P Apple A11 Bionic

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-1280P or Apple A11 Bionic - 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 Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.80 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-1280P was released in Q1/2022.

The Apple A11 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.39 GHz. The CPU supports up to 3 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A11 Bionic was released in Q3/2017.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Apple A series (22)
Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) CPU group Apple A11 (1)
12 Generation 11
Alder Lake U Architecture A11
Mobile Segment Mobile
-- Predecessor Apple A10 Fusion
-- Successor Apple A12 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-1280P has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i7-1280P is 1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz) while the Apple A11 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A11 Bionic is at 2.39 GHz.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Apple A11 Bionic
14 Cores 6
20 Threads 6
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
1.80 GHz (4.80 GHz)
6x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.39 GHz
2x Monsoon
1.30 GHz (3.60 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core 1.19 GHz
4x Mistral

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.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Apple A11 Bionic
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 2 Neural cores @ 0.6 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i7-1280P or Apple A11 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Apple A11
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 1.07 GHz
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
13 GPU Generation 8
10 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 1
96 Compute units 12
768 Shader 192
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 3 GB
12.1 DirectX Version --

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.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Apple A11
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-1280P can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Apple A11 Bionic supports up to 3 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Apple A11 Bionic
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
64 GB Max. Memory 3 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 1 (Single Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 34.1 GB/s
No ECC No
11.50 MB L2 Cache 8.00 MB
24.00 MB L3 Cache --
4.0 PCIe version --
28 PCIe lanes --
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i7-1280P is 28 W, while the Apple A11 Bionic has a TDP of 8 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Apple A11 Bionic
28 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 8 W
64 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-1280P is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The Apple A11 Bionic is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 8.00 MB cache.

Intel Core i7-1280P Characteristic Apple A11 Bionic
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
BGA 1744 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1280P (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic (55%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-1280P (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic (22%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1587 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
932 (59%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
10126 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
2569 (25%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
2167 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
1093 (50%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
9827 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
1997 (20%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
Apple A11 @ 1.07 GHz
409 (18%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
20478 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
4360 (21%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
77 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
437 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
1848 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
13549 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
707 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
5222 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
295465 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
206 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
264 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

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.
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 3.00 GHz
2103 (100%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

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. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 1.80 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A11 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.39 GHz
0.6 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-1280P Apple A11 Bionic
Unknown Apple iPhone 8
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple iPhone X

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