Intel Core i5-1140G7 vs Apple A15 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core i5 Apple A series
• Generation
  11 15
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 1100G/11000U Apple A15
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A14 Bionic

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
  1.80 GHz 3.23 GHz
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  4.20 GHz No turbo
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 2x Avalanche
• B core
  -- 4x Blizzard

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 Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Tiger Lake G7) Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  0.40 GHz 1.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.10 GHz 3.20 GHz
• Execution units
  80 5
• Shader
  640 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  4 3
• Generation
  12 12
• DirectX Version
  12
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2020 Q3/2021

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 / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A15 Bionic and Intel Core i5-1140G7. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  4.0
• PCIe lanes
  4

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i5-1140G7 and Apple A15 Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 8.5 W
• TDP down
  7 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 °C --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i5-1140G7 and Intel Core i5-1140G7, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
• L2-Cache
  -- 4.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  8.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Tiger Lake U A15
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1526 N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2021 Q3/2021