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Intel Pentium 977 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 10 %
Intel Pentium 977
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A16 Bionic
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
278
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
1,890
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
535
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
5,465
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Pentium 977
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)
96
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
1,789

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupIntel Pentium 900 (10)Apple A16 (2)
ArchitectureSandy Bridge UA16
Technology32 nm4 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
SocketBGA 1023
PredecessorApple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
SuccessorApple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x
1.40 GHz
2x Everest
3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Sawtooth
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache20.00 MB
L3-Cache2.00 MB24.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
GPU nameIntel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge GT1)Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency0.35 - 1.00 GHz0.40 - 1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader6 / 4820 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays23
Max. GPU Memory2 GB6 GB
Technology32 nm4 nm
Release dateQ2/2011Q3/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
MemoryDDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB6 GB
Memory channels21
ECCNoNo
PCIe2.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
TDP17 W10 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Intel Pentium 977Apple A16 Bionic
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxiOS
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)Armv8.6-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2012Q3/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium 977
Intel Pentium 977
2C / 2T · 1.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

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