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Intel Core i7-6660U vs Apple A16 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 i7-6660U
43 %
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
35 %
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
43 %
2C / 4T · 3.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-6660U
35 %
2C / 4T · 2.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-6660U
45 %
Intel Iris Graphics 540
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
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
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 6000U (20) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | Skylake U | A16 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1356 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
| Successor | Intel Core i7-7660U | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 2 / 4 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x 2.40 - 3.40 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Graphics 540 | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.05 GHz | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2015 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s) LPDDR3-1866 (29.9 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 6 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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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 9.5 W | |
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-6660U | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2016 | Q3/2022 |
| Release price | 415 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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