Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Core i3-1120G4. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Intel Core i3
• Generation
  12 11
• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Intel Core i 1100G/11000U
• Predecessor
  Apple A10X Fusion --

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  1.59 GHz 2.50 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 3.90 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• A core
  4x Vortex --
• B core
  4x Tempest --

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Apple A12Z Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
• GPU frequency
  1.59 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.49 GHz 1.10 GHz
• Execution units
  8 48
• Shader
  0 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Generation
  9 11
• DirectX Version
  -- 12
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i3-1120G4 and Apple A12Z Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 32 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0
• PCIe lanes
  4

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Core i3-1120G4 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP down
  -- 7 W
• Tjunction max.
  -- 100 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A12Z Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  -- 6.00 MB
• Architecture
  A12 Tiger Lake U
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm
• Socket
  N/A BGA 1526
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q4/2020