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Apple A12 Bionic vs Intel Core i7-3612QE
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-3612QE
44 %
4C / 8T · 3.10 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-3612QE
83 %
4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-3612QE
62 %
4C / 8T · 3.10 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-3612QE
100 %
4C / 8T · 3.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
Apple A12
Intel Core i7-3612QE
44 %
Intel HD Graphics 4000
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core i 3000M (29) |
| Architecture | A12 | Ivy Bridge H |
| Technology | 7 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1023 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A11 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A13 Bionic |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 4 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
4x 2.10 - 3.10 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
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| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12 | Intel HD Graphics 4000 |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.65 - 1.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 16 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 2 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 22 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q1/2011 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3-1600 (25.6 GB/s) DDR3L-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s) DDR3L-1066 (17.1 GB/s) DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 35 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i7-3612QE |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q2/2012 |
| Release price | 363 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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Apple A12 Bionic
6C / 6T · 0.00 GHz
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