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Intel Core i7-6600U vs Apple A4
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
More benchmarks
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
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 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
Cinebench R11.5 iGPU
383 entries
383 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000U (20) | Apple A4 (1) |
| Architecture | Skylake U | A4 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 45 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i7-5600U | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-7600U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 1 / 1 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | normal |
| Cores: | 2x | 1x Cortex-A8 |
| Frequency: | 2.60 GHz | 0.80 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core): | 3.40 GHz | 1.00 GHz |
| Turbo (All Cores): | 3.00 GHz | |
| L2-Cache | 0.51 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| GPU name | Intel HD Graphics 520 | PowerVR SGX535 |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.05 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 24 / 192 | 2 / 2 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | |
| Technology | 14 nm | 65nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q4/2007 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| AI hardware | ||
| AI specifications | ||
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | LPDDR2-800 |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 12 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 11.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| TDP | 15 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | 25 W | |
| TDP down | 7.5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Intel Core i7-6600U | Apple A4 |
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| 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, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q2/2010 |
| Release price | 393 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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