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Intel Core i7-3517U vs Apple A6X
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-3517U
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Apple A6X
26 %
PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores)
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000U (12) | Apple A6/A6X (2) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge U | A6 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1023 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A5X | |
| Successor | Apple A8X |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 2x Swift |
| Frequency: | 1.90 GHz | 1.40 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.00 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 2.50 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | PowerVR SGX554MP4 (4 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.15 GHz | 0.30 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 16 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 2 GB | |
| Technology | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2011 | Q3/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) | LPDDR2-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
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| TDP | 17 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3517U | Apple A6X |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv7-A (32 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | |
| Release date | Q2/2012 | Q3/2012 |
| Release price | 260 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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