Intel Core i7-6600U vs Apple A14 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000U Apple A14
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple A series
• Generation
  6 14
• Predecessor
  - Apple A13 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A15 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  - 2x Firestorm
• B-Core
  - 4x Icestorm
• Base Frequency
  2.6 GHz 3 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 6
• CPU Threads
  4 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  3.4 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  3 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - No turbo

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
  12 -
• Execution units
  24 4
• Generation
  9 11
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 520 Apple A14
• GPU Turbo
  1050 MHz 3010 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2020
• Shader
  192 0
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm

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

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

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A14 Bionic and Intel Core i7-6600U. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  32 GB 6 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMMDDR4-2133 SO-DIMMLPDDR3-1866 LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe lanes
  12 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6600U and Apple A14 Bionic Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 7 W
• TDP down
  7.5 W -
• TDP up
  25 W -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6600U and Apple A14 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake U A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  4 MB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2020
• Socket
  BGA 1356 -
• Technology
  14 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None