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Intel Core i5-1235U vs Apple A12Z Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
59 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
58 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
65 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
74 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
76 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
10C / 12T · 2.50 GHz
Apple A12Z Bionic
79 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-1235U
100 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
Apple A12Z Bionic
77 %
Apple A12Z
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 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 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
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 1200P/1200U (21) | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake U | A12 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-1335U |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 10 / 12 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Golden Cove 1.30 - 4.40 GHz |
4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Gracemont 0.90 - 3.30 GHz |
4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 6.50 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 12.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) | Apple A12Z |
| GPU frequency | 0.35 - 1.20 GHz | 1.13 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 80 / 640 | 32 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q1/2020 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s) DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 55 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-1235U | Apple A12Z Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q1/2020 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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