Intel Core i7-6700 vs Apple A12 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 6000 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Family
  Intel Core i7 Apple A series
• Generation
  6 12
• Predecessor
  - Apple A11 Bionic
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile
• Successor
  Intel Core i7-7700 Apple A13 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  - 2x Vortex
• B-Core
  - 4x Tempest
• Base Frequency
  3.4 GHz 1.59 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  4 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  4 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
  3.7 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 2.49 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
  24 4
• Generation
  9 9
• GPU Frequency
  350 MHz 1590 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 530 Apple A12
• GPU Turbo
  1150 MHz 2490 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2018
• Shader
  192 0
• Technology
  14 nm 7 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)
  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 A12 Bionic and Intel Core i7-6700. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  64 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  - LPDDR4X-4266
• PCIe lanes
  16 -
• PCIe version
  3.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i7-6700 and Apple A12 Bionic 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)
  65 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i7-6700 and Apple A12 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Skylake S A12
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 -
• L2-Cache
  - 8 MB
• L3-Cache
  8 MB -
• Release date
  Q3/2015 Q3/2018
• Socket
  LGA 1151 -
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None