Intel Atom Z3785 vs Apple A7. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Atom Apple A series
• Generation
  4 7
• CPU group
  Intel Atom Z3700 Apple A7
• Successor
  -- Apple A8

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
  1.49 GHz 1.30 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 2
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.41 GHz 1.40 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 2
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• A core
  -- 2x Cyclone

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
  Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1) PowerVR G6430
• GPU frequency
  0.31 GHz 0.45 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.83 GHz 0.45 GHz
• Execution units
  4 4
• Shader
  32 64
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB --
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  7
• DirectX Version
  11.2 10
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A7 and Intel Atom Z3785. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR3-1333 LPDDR3-1333
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 1 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Atom Z3785 and Apple A7 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4 W
• Tjunction max.
  90 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Atom Z3785 and Intel Atom Z3785, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2
• L2-Cache
  -- 1.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  2.00 MB 4.00 MB
• Architecture
  Bay Trail A7
• Technology
  22 nm 28 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1380 N/A
• Release date
  Q2/2014 Q3/2013
• Part Number
  -- S5L8960X