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Apple A8 vs Intel Core i5-12400F

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 19 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12400F
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 7 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i5-12400F
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 19 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
2,197
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 7 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
8,668
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 20 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
1,647
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 6 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz
9,451

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
FamilyApple A series (27)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitectureA8Alder Lake S
Technology20 nm10 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletDesktop
SocketLGA 1700
PredecessorApple A7Intel Core i5-11400F
SuccessorApple A9Intel Core i5-13400F

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 26 / 12
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 2x Typhoon 6x Golden Cove
Frequency: 1.50 GHz 2.50 GHz
Turbo (1 Core): 4.40 GHz
Turbo (All Cores): 4.00 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB7.50 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB18.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
GPU nameApple A8no iGPU
GPU frequency0.53 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 /
Raytracing
Max. displays1
Max. GPU Memory4 GB
Technology20 nm
Release dateQ3/2014

NPU AI performance

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB128 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
TDP5 W65 W
TDP (PL2)117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Apple A8Intel Core i5-12400F
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2022
Release price167 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Intel Core i5-12400F
Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

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