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Intel Core i7-8559U vs Apple A12X 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 i7-8559U
100 %
4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
96 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-8559U
99 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core i7-8559U
98 %
4C / 8T · 4.50 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core i7-8559U
91 %
4C / 8T · 3.20 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core i7-8559U
91 %
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Apple A12X Bionic
100 %
Apple A12X
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 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries
2,504 entries
CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries
751 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries
1,113 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries
1,110 entries
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core i7 (300) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core i 8000U (8) | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) |
| Architecture | Coffee Lake U | A12 |
| Technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 1528 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 4 / 8 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | normal | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 4x 2.70 - 4.50 GHz |
4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | 6.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655 | Apple A12X |
| GPU frequency | 0.30 - 1.20 GHz | 1.13 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 48 / 384 | 28 / 448 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 3 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 14 nm | 7 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2017 | Q3/2018 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X 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 i7-8559U | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 3.0 x 16 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 15.8 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 28 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core i7-8559U | Apple A12X 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 | Q2/2018 | Q3/2018 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
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