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Apple A12 Bionic vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
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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
44 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
100 %
20C / 20T · 5.20 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
14 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
100 %
20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12 Bionic
31 %
Apple A12
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
100 %
Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A12 Bionic
38 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
100 %
20C / 20T · 2.40 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries
1,989 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
1,927 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 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 Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core Ultra 7 (31) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core Ultra 200HX (8) |
| Architecture | A12 | Arrow Lake |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 2114 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A11 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A13 Bionic |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 20 / 20 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
8x Lion Cove 2.40 - 5.20 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
12x Skymont 1.80 - 4.50 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 30.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12 | Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.30 - 1.85 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 4 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 33 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 192 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 Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 160 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | 45 W | |
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q1/2025 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX
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