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Intel Core i5-12500H vs Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
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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
Intel Core i5-12500H
95 %
12C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12500H
100 %
12C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12500H
96 %
12C / 16T · 4.50 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12500H
100 %
12C / 16T · 3.20 GHz
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-12500H
100 %
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries
218 entries
Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries
219 entries
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
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 10 Benchmark
25 entries
25 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries
90 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries
251 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 12000H (23) | Apple A15 (2) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake H | A15 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1744 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-11500H | |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-13500H | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 16 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x Golden Cove 2.80 - 4.50 GHz |
2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Gracemont 1.80 - 3.30 GHz |
4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 9.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 18.00 MB | 32.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80 (Alder Lake) | Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.40 - 1.30 GHz | 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 80 / 640 | 16 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 64 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 28 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 55.1 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core i5-12500H | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 45 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 115 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12500H | 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 | 311 $ | |
| Documents |
User Reviews
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