Follow us
Share link
Submit benchmark
VS
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-1235U
Last updated:
Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
88 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
85 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores)
Intel Core i5-1235U
87 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
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
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
3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries
534 entries
AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Apple A15 (2) | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) |
| Architecture | A15 | Alder Lake U |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A14 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core i5-1335U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 10 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz |
2x Golden Cove 1.30 - 4.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz |
8x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 6.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | 12.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 1.34 GHz | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 80 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q1/2022 |
NPU AI performance
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 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. Memory | 6 GB | 64 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 55 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-1235U |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Monolithic |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) is 4.2 stars (198 ratings), while Intel Core i5-1235U has received 4.0 stars (304 ratings).
Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.
Most popular CPUs in both categories
1
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 32-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
2
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
3
Apple M5 Max (18-CPU 40-GPU)
18C / 18T · 4.61 GHz
4
Apple M1 Ultra (64-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
5
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
6
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
7
Apple M1 Pro (8-CPU)
8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
8
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 0.00 GHz
9
Intel Core i5-1235U
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Popular Comparisons
