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Intel Core i7-860 vs Apple A17 Pro
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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 i7-860
16 %
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-860
21 %
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-860
26 %
4C / 8T · 3.46 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-860
35 %
4C / 8T · 2.80 GHz
Apple A17 Pro
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.78 GHz
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
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i7 800 (6) | Apple A17 Pro (1) |
| Architecture | Lynnfield | Ibiza |
| Technology | 45 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1156 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A16 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A18 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.80 - 3.46 GHz |
2x Ibiza P-Core 0.70 - 3.78 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Ibiza E-Core 0.74 - 2.11 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 1.00 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 8.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A17 Pro (6 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.39 - 1.40 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 24 / 768 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 3 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 35 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 2.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 8.0 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 95 W | 11 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-860 | Apple A17 Pro |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Release date | Q3/2009 | Q3/2023 |
| Release price | 305 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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