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Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core i7-980
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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 A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-980
48 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-980
57 %
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-980
55 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-980
71 %
6C / 12T · 3.33 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
690 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries
665 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
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 (300) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core i7 900 (4) |
| Architecture | A12 | Gulftown |
| Technology | 7 nm | 32 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1366 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
6x 3.33 - 3.60 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 1.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12X | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 28 / 448 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR3-1066 (25.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 3 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 130 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core i7-980 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q2/2011 |
| Release price | 594 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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Apple M3 Ultra (28-CPU 60-GPU)
28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz
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Apple M3 Ultra (32-CPU 80-GPU)
32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz
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Intel Celeron 450
1C / 1T · 0.00 GHz
4
Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C / 20T · 5.10 GHz
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Intel Core i7-980
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT
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Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4
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Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 0.00 GHz
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