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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) vs Intel Xeon D-1540

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Rank 2 - 39 %
Intel Xeon D-1540
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Rank 2 - 95 %
Intel Xeon D-1540
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
2,370
Intel Xeon D-1540
8C / 16T · 2.60 GHz
837
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
5,726
Intel Xeon D-1540
8C / 16T · 2.00 GHz
4,663
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
1,745
Intel Xeon D-1540
8C / 16T · 2.60 GHz
736
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
4,777
Intel Xeon D-1540
8C / 16T · 2.00 GHz
5,214

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Xeon D (79)
CPU groupApple A15 (2)Intel Xeon D-1500 (22)
ArchitectureA15Broadwell
Technology5 nm14 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketBGA 1667
PredecessorApple A14 Bionic
SuccessorApple A16 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 2x Avalanche
3.23 GHz
8x
2.00 - 2.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
2.02 GHz
L2-Cache16.00 MB12.00 MB
L3-Cache32.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
GPU nameApple A15 (5 GPU Cores)no iGPU
GPU frequency1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader20 / 640 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory6 GB
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
AI hardwareApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
DDR4-2133 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB128 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoYes
PCIe3.0 x 32
PCIe Bandwidth31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
TDP10 W45 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)Intel Xeon D-1540
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ3/2021Q4/2015
Release price594 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Intel Xeon D-1540
Intel Xeon D-1540
8C / 16T · 2.00 - 2.60 GHz

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