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Intel Core i5-12600 vs Apple A16 Bionic
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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 i5-12600
94 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12600
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
61 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i5-12600
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.80 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
97 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i5-12600
100 %
6C / 12T · 4.40 GHz
Apple A16 Bionic
60 %
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i5-12600
41 %
Intel UHD Graphics 770
Apple A16 Bionic
100 %
Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
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Geekbench 6 (SC)
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Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries
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Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries
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Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries
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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-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i5 (336) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 12000 (34) | Apple A16 (2) |
| Architecture | Alder Lake S | A16 |
| Technology | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1700 | |
| Predecessor | Intel Core i5-11600 | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| Successor | Intel Core i5-13600 | Apple A17 Pro |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 12 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x Golden Cove 3.30 - 4.80 GHz |
2x Everest 3.46 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 7.50 MB | 20.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 18.00 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel UHD Graphics 770 | Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.45 GHz | 0.40 - 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 32 / 256 | 20 / 640 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 64 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 10 nm | 4 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2021 | Q3/2022 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s) | LPDDR5-6400 (51.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 128 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | Yes | No |
| PCIe | 5.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 78.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 117 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 100 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i5-12600 | Apple A16 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8.6-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ | |
| Release date | Q1/2022 | Q3/2022 |
| Release price | 223 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
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