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

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

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

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

• A-Core
  4x Vortex -
• B-Core
  4x Tempest -
• Base Frequency
  1.59 GHz 2.5 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  8 2
• CPU Threads
  8 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 3.9 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.49 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - 3.9 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
  - 12
• Execution units
  8 48
• Generation
  9 11
• GPU Frequency
  1590 MHz 300 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A12Z Intel UHD Graphics (Tiger Lake G4)
• GPU Turbo
  2490 MHz 1100 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2020
• Shader
  0 384
• Technology
  7 nm 10 nm

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

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

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.

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

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Core i3-1120G4 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 15 W
• TDP down
  - 7 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Core i3-1120G4, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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