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Intel Core i5-12400F vs Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

Last updated: 2026-06-06

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 94 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i5-12400F

Rank 2 - 58 %

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

2,197

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

2,370

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

8,668

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

5,726

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

6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz

1,647

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

1,745

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

6C / 12T · 4.00 GHz

9,451

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

4,777

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Family	Intel Core i5 (336)	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Apple A15 (2)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	A15
Technology	10 nm	5 nm
Segment	Desktop	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket	LGA 1700
Predecessor	Intel Core i5-11400F
Successor	Intel Core i5-13400F	Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads	6 / 12	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	normal	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	6x Golden Cove 2.50 - 4.40 GHz	2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz
Core Cluster 2:		4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz
L2-Cache	7.50 MB	16.00 MB
L3-Cache	18.00 MB	32.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
GPU name	no iGPU	Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency		1.34 GHz
CUs / Shader	/	16 / 512
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays		3
Max. GPU Memory		6 GB
Technology		5 nm
Release date		Q3/2021

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	6 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	No	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
TDP	65 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)	117 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i5-12400F	Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
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, AVX2+
Release date	Q1/2022	Q3/2021
Release price	167 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i5-12400F is 4.2 stars (308 ratings), while Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) has received 4.4 stars (99 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i5-12400F
6C / 12T · 2.50 - 4.40 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

★★★★★