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Apple A16 Bionic vs Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
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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 A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
62 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
100 %
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A16 Bionic
51 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
100 %
14C / 18T · 4.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A16 Bionic
45 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125H
100 %
Intel Iris Xe 7 Core Graphics 112 EUs (Meteor Lake)
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
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
2,512 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
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 A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) |
| CPU group | Apple A16 (2) | Intel Core Ultra 100H (5) |
| Architecture | A16 | Meteor Lake H |
| Technology | 4 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Notebook |
| Socket | BGA 2049 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
| Successor | Apple A17 Pro | Intel Core Ultra 5 225H |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 14 / 18 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✓ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
4x Redwood Cove 1.20 - 4.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
8x Crestmont 0.70 - 3.60 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.50 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 20.00 MB | 14.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | 18.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) | Intel Iris Xe 7 Core Graphics 112 EUs (Meteor Lake) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz | 0.60 - 2.20 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 20 / 640 | 112 / 896 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✓ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 4 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | 32 GB |
| Technology | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q4/2023 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Intel® AI Boost |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | 96 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 A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 10 W | 28 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 115 W | |
| TDP up | 65 W | |
| TDP down | 20 W | |
| T. junction max. | 110 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A16 Bionic | Intel Core Ultra 5 125H |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✓ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Windows 11, Linux |
| Instruction set | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q3/2022 | Q4/2023 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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