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Intel Core i7-3940XM vs Apple A6
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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-3940XM
100 %
Intel HD Graphics 4000
Apple A6
20 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000M (29) | Apple A6/A6X (2) |
| Architecture | Ivy Bridge H | A6 |
| Technology | 22 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | PGA 988 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A5 | |
| Successor | Apple A7 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 4x | 2x Swift |
| Frequency: | 3.00 GHz | 1.30 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | ||
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
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| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 4000 | PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.65 - 1.35 GHz | 0.27 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 128 | 6 / 48 |
| 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 i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
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| Memory | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) | LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
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| TDP | 55 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3940XM | Apple A6 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q3/2012 | Q3/2012 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Intel Core i7-3940XM
4C / 8T · 3.90 GHz
4
Apple M5 Pro (15-CPU 16-GPU)
15C / 15T · 4.61 GHz
5
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
6
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
7
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
8
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
9
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 0.00 GHz
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