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Intel Core i7-3970X vs Apple A12Z Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3970X
55 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3970X
73 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-3970X
72 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-3970X
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
95 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
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
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 3000X (4) | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) |
| Architecture | Sandy Bridge E | A12 |
| Technology | 32 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 2011 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x 3.50 - 4.00 GHz |
4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 15.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✓ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A12Z |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 32 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1600 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 6 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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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 150 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core i7-3970X | Apple A12Z 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 | Q4/2012 | Q1/2020 |
| Release price | 820 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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