Intel Core i7-4800MQ vs Apple A10 Fusion. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 4000M/4000H Apple A10/A10X
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple A series
• Generation
  4 10
• Predecessor
  - Apple A9
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A11 Bionic

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  - 2x Hurricane
• B-Core
  - 2x Zephyr
• Base Frequency
  2.7 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 4
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.7 GHz 2.34 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.7 GHz 2.34 GHz

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

• DirectX Version
  11.1 -
• Execution units
  20 6
• Generation
  7.5 7
• GPU Frequency
  400 MHz 900 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 4600 Apple A10
• GPU Turbo
  1300 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  2 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2016
• Shader
  160 192
• Technology
  22 nm 16 nm

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

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No Decode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No Decode
• JPEG
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  No Decode
• VP9
  No Decode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A10 Fusion and Intel Core i7-4800MQ. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  - 3 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR4-3200
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-4800MQ and Apple A10 Fusion Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  47 W 5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-4800MQ and Apple A10 Fusion, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Haswell H A10
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB -
• Release date
  Q2/2013 Q3/2016
• Socket
  PGA 946 -
• Technology
  22 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None