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Apple A12 Bionic vs Intel Core i9-12900K
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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
50 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i9-12900K
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
14 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i9-12900K
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
56 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i9-12900K
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
16 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i9-12900K
100 %
16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12 Bionic
73 %
Apple A12
Intel Core i9-12900K
100 %
Intel UHD Graphics 770
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
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Cinebench 2024 (SC)
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
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PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries
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CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
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Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
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CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i9 (81) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core i 12000 (34) |
| Architecture | A12 | Alder Lake S |
| Technology | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A11 Bionic | Intel Core i9-11900K |
| Successor | Apple A13 Bionic | Intel Core i9-13900K |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 16 / 24 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
8x Golden Cove 3.20 - 5.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
8x Gracemont 2.40 - 3.90 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 14.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 30.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12 | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.30 - 1.55 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 32 / 256 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 64 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q4/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 125 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 241 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core i9-12900K |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q4/2021 |
| Release price | 589 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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