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Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Core i5-1235U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 67 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-1235U
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 70 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-1235U
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,668 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
7,852 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,351
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
2,089
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,798
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
6,454
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,479
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
5,977
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z
1,152
Intel Core i5-1235U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
1,487

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21)
ArchitectureA12Alder Lake U
Technology7 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 1744
PredecessorApple A10X Fusion
SuccessorIntel Core i5-1335U

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 810 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
2x Golden Cove
1.30 - 4.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
8x Gracemont
0.90 - 3.30 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB6.50 MB
L3-Cache12.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
GPU nameApple A12ZIntel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.35 - 1.20 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 51280 / 640
Raytracing
Max. displays14
Max. GPU Memory6 GB32 GB
Technology7 nm10 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB64 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
TDP15 W15 W
TDP (PL2)55 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicIntel Core i5-1235U
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
Release dateQ1/2020Q1/2022
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 1.30 - 4.40 GHz

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