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

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

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

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

• A-Core
  2x Cyclone -
• Base Frequency
  1.3 GHz 1.49 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal normal
• CPU Cores
  2 4
• CPU Threads
  2 4
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  1.4 GHz 2.41 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  1.4 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (4 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
  10 11.2
• Execution units
  4 4
• Generation
  - 7
• GPU Frequency
  450 MHz 310 MHz
• GPU name
  PowerVR G6430 Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail GT1)
• GPU Turbo
  450 MHz 830 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 2
• Max. GPU Memory
  - 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2013 Q3/2013
• Shader
  64 32
• Technology
  28 nm 22 nm

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

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

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

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

• AES-NI
  No Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A7 and Intel Atom Z3785 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
  - 90 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  - 4 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A7 and Intel Atom Z3785, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

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