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Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
48 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
27 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.30 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
46 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12X Bionic
31 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.30 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12X Bionic
56 %
Apple A12X
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A12X Bionic
38 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 225
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.30 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
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Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20) |
| Architecture | A12 | Arrow Lake |
| Technology | 7 nm | 3 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1851 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 10 / 10 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
6x Lion Cove 3.30 - 4.90 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
4x Skymont 2.70 - 4.40 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 26.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12X | Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.30 - 1.80 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 28 / 448 | 4 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q3/2024 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 23 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 256 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | Yes |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 121 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A12X Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 225 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| 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 | 236 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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