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Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core i5-12500

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 58 %
Apple A12X Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12500
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 47 %
Apple A12X Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12500
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
1,804 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
12,974 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,341
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
2,365
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,745
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
10,401
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.60 GHz
1,804
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
8,973
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X
1,008
Intel Core i5-12500
Intel UHD Graphics 770
742

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureA12Alder Lake S
Technology7 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple A10X FusionIntel Core i5-11500
SuccessorIntel Core i5-13500

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
6x Golden Cove
3.00 - 4.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB7.50 MB
L3-Cache18.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
GPU nameApple A12XIntel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.30 - 1.45 GHz
CUs / Shader28 / 44832 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays13
Max. GPU Memory6 GB64 GB
Technology7 nm10 nm
Release dateQ3/2018Q4/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
TDP15 W65 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12X BionicIntel Core i5-12500
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ3/2018Q1/2022
Release price202 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i5-12500
Intel Core i5-12500
6C / 12T · 3.00 - 4.60 GHz

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