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Intel Core i7-12700 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 95 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 1 - 100 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i7-12700

Rank 2 - 49 %

Apple A16 Bionic

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

2,497

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

2,531

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

12,448

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

6,299

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

12C / 20T · 4.90 GHz

1,712

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

1,890

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

12C / 20T · 4.00 GHz

11,650

6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

5,465

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 770

768

Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)

1,789

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

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

AnTuTu 10 Benchmark
25 entries

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
90 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Apple A16 Bionic
Family	Intel Core i7 (300)	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 i7-11700	Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Successor	Intel Core i7-13700	Apple A17 Pro

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Apple A16 Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads	12 / 20	6 / 6
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 2.10 - 4.90 GHz	2x Everest 3.46 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Gracemont 1.60 - 3.60 GHz	4x Sawtooth 2.02 GHz
L2-Cache	12.00 MB	20.00 MB
L3-Cache	25.00 MB	24.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Apple A16 Bionic
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.50 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

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Apple A16 Bionic
AI hardware		Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications		16 Neural cores @ 17 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	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

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	Apple A16 Bionic
TDP	65 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)	180 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i7-12700	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	339 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i7-12700 is 4.4 stars (93 ratings), while Apple A16 Bionic has received 4.1 stars (254 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i7-12700
12C / 20T · 2.10 - 4.90 GHz

★★★★★

Apple A16 Bionic
6C / 6T · 3.46 GHz

★★★★★