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Intel Core i7-3960X vs Apple A5
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3960X
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Apple A5
8 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3960X
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.90 GHz
Apple A5
62 %
2C / 2T · 1.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 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
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000X (4) | Apple A5/A5X (2) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge E | A5 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 2011 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A6 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 6x | 2x Cortex-A9 |
| Frequency: | 3.30 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.90 GHz | |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.90 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 15.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | PowerVR SGX543MP2 (2 Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.20 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 4 / 32 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | ||
| Technology | 32 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2012 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 (6.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 4 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 40 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 20.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 130 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3960X | Apple A5 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Q4/2011 | Q1/2011 |
| Release price | 970 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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