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Intel Core m3-7Y30 vs Apple A9X

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-7Y30
Rank 2 - 93 %
Apple A9X
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core m3-7Y30
Rank 2 - 88 %
Apple A9X
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
851
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 90 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
763
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
1,547
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 81 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,251
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 2.60 GHz
675
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 97 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
652
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 2.00 GHz
1,387
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 86 %
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz
1,198
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core m3-7Y30
Intel HD Graphics 615
346
Apple A9X
Apple A9X 100 %
Apple A9X
499

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
FamilyIntel Core M (16)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Core M 7 (2)Apple A9/A9X (2)
ArchitectureKaby Lake YA9
Technology14 nm16 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1515
PredecessorApple A8X
SuccessorApple A10X Fusion

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x 2x Twister
Frequency: 1.00 GHz 2.26 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 2.60 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 2.00 GHz
L2-Cache3.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics 615Apple A9X
GPU frequency0.30 - 0.90 GHz0.65 GHz
CUs / Shader24 / 19248 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory16 GB4 GB
Technology14nm16 nm
Release dateQ2/2016Q3/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
MemoryLPDDR3-1866 (29.8 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB4 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe3.0 x 10
PCIe Bandwidth9.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
TDP4.5 W8 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up7 W
TDP down3.75 W
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core m3-7Y30Apple A9X
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2016Q3/2015
Release price281 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core m3-7Y30
Intel Core m3-7Y30
2C / 4T · 1.00 - 2.60 GHz
Apple A9X
Apple A9X
2C / 2T · 2.26 GHz

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