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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 236V

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 90 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 56 %
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C / 8T · 4.70 GHz
2,634
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
10,270
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
1,370
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Intel Arc 130V
5,180
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz
40.0 TOPS

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At a glance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU groupApple A15 (2)Intel Core Ultra 200V (9)
ArchitectureA15Lunar Lake
Technology5 nm3 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
SocketBGA 2833
Predecessor
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
4x Lion Cove
2.20 - 4.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
4x Skymont
0 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB14.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB8.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
GPU nameApple A15 (4 GPU Cores)Intel Arc 130V
GPU frequency1.34 GHz0.60 - 1.85 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 51256 / 896
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory6 GB32 GB
Technology5 nm5 nm
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineIntel® AI Boost
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPSIntel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 40 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB16 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
TDP10 W17 W
TDP (PL2)37 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.110 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2021Q3/2024
Release price
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
Intel Core Ultra 5 236V
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 4.70 GHz

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