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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Intel Core i5-12400F
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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 A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400F
93 %
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400F
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400F
94 %
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400F
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries
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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 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries
213 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries
140 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core i5 (336) |
| CPU group | Apple A15 (2) | Intel Core i 12000 (34) |
| Architecture | A15 | Alder Lake S |
| Technology | 5 nm | 10 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Desktop |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A14 Bionic | Intel Core i5-11400F |
| Successor | Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core i5-13400F |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 6 / 12 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz |
6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 16.00 MB | 7.50 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | 18.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) | no iGPU |
| GPU frequency | 1.34 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | / |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 128 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 117 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | Intel Core i5-12400F |
|---|---|---|
| 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, AVX2+ | |
| Release date | Q3/2021 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | 167 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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