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Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Core i7-5930K
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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 A12Z Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-5930K
84 %
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
80 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-5930K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-5930K
88 %
6C / 12T · 3.70 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12Z Bionic
82 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Intel Core i7-5930K
100 %
6C / 12T · 3.60 GHz
More benchmarks
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
Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries
666 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries
615 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
2,483 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries
2,219 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries
190 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
Geekbench 3 (SC)
945 entries
945 entries
Geekbench 3 (MC)
941 entries
941 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (SC)
826 entries
826 entries
Cinebench R11.5 (MC)
837 entries
837 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i7 Extreme Edition (24) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Intel Core i 5000X (3) |
| Architecture | A12 | Haswell E |
| Technology | 7 nm | 22 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 2011-3 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | Intel Core i7-4930K |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 8 / 8 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
6x 3.50 - 3.70 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 15.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✓ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12Z | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 512 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| 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 A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) | DDR4-2133 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 40 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 140 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
|
Wischen
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Apple A12Z Bionic | Intel Core i7-5930K |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2020 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | 499 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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