Intel Core i7-1060G7 vs Apple M3 Max 16-Core
Intel Core i7-1060G7
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The Intel Core i7-1060G7 is a power efficient quad-core SoC for laptops and Ultrabooks based on the Ice -Lake-Y generation that was announced in Mai 2019 (Computex). It integrates four Sunnycove processor cores (8 threads thanks to HyperThreading) clocked at 1 (base) - 3.8 (single core Turbo) GHz. All four cores can turbo up to 3.4 GHz using Turbo Boost. According to Intel the Sunnycove cores achieve 18% more IPCs (Instructions per Clock).
Combined with the two additional cores, the previous Y-series dual core processors (Amber Lake-Y) should be always slower. Short burst performance should be excellent, long workloads will depend on the TDP settings and cooling solution in the laptop / tablet.´
The biggest improvement for Ice-Lake is the integrated Gen 11 graphics card called Iris Plus Graphics. The Core i7-1060G7 integrates the biggest G7 variant with 64 CUs clocked at 300 - 1100 MHz. The Iris Plus G7 should be twice as fast as the predecessors and best the AMD Vega 10 GPU in current Ryzen APUs. However, in the Y-series the gaming performance will be again depending on the cooling solution and may degrade clearly over time (compared to the Core i7-1065G7 with 15 - 25 Watt e.g.).
Other improvements for Ice Lake are the AI hardware acceleration and the partial integration of Thunderbolt and Wifi 6 in the chip. The integrated DDR4 memory controller supports modules with up to 3200 MHz (and LPDDDR4 3733).
The Core i7-1060G7 is produced in the new 10nm process at Intel (2nd generation) that should offer a comparable performance to the 7nm process at TSMC. The TDP is specified at 9 Watts and therefore the CPU can be used in thin and light laptops. Intel offers a configurable TDP of up to 12 Watts for the partners resulting in significant performance differences (due to longer periods of Turbo Boost).
Apple M3 Max 16-Core
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The Apple M3 Max (16 Core) is a system on a chip (SoC) from Apple for notebooks that was launched towards the end of 2023. It integrates a new 16-core CPU with 12 performance cores with up to 4.06 GHz and 4 efficiency cores with 2.8 GHz. There is also a slimmed-down 14-core variant with a 30-core GPU.
Thanks to the higher clock rates and architectural improvements, the processor performance is also significantly better than the M2 Max in benchmarks and can keep up with the fastest mobile CPUs (such as a Core i9-13900HX).
The M3 also integrates a new graphics card with dynamic caching, mesh shading and ray tracing acceleration via hardware. In the top model, all 40 cores of the chip are used and support up to 5 displays simultaneously (internal and 4 external).
GPU and CPU can jointly access the shared memory on the package (unified memory). This is available in 48, 64 and 128 GB variants and offers 400 GB/s maximum bandwidth (512 bit bus).
The integrated 16-core Neural Engine has also been revised and now offers 18 TOPS peak performance (compared to 15.8 TOPS in the M2 but 35 TOPS in the new A17 Pro). The video engine now also supports AV1 decoding in hardware. H.264, HEVC and ProRes (RAW) can still be decoded and encoded. Like its predecessor, the Max chip offers two video engines and can therefore encode and decode two streams simultaneously.
Unfortunately, the integrated WLAN only continues to support WiFi 6E (no WiFi 7), unlike the small M3 SoC thunderbolt 4 is also supported (max 40 Gbit/s).
The chip is manufactured in the current 3nm process (N3B) at TSMC and contains 92 billion transistors (+37% vs. Apple M2 Max). Under load, the CPU part consumes up to 56 watts, the chip can use a total of 78 watts.
Model | Intel Core i7-1060G7 | Apple M3 Max 16-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series | Intel Ice Lake | Apple Apple M3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Codename | Ice Lake Y | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Series: Apple M3 |
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Clock | 1000 - 3800 MHz | 2748 - 4056 MHz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L1 Cache | 192 KB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L2 Cache | 2 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
L3 Cache | 8 MB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 16 / 16 12 x 4.1 GHz Apple M3 P-Core 4 x 2.7 GHz Apple M3 E-Core | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TDP | 9 Watt | 78 Watt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 10 nm | 3 nm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Features | AVX512, DL Boost, Turbo Boost 2.0 | ARMv8 Instruction Set | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
iGPU | Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU) (300 - 1100 MHz) | Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architecture | x86 | ARM | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Transistors | 92000 Million | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | www.apple.com |