Intel Core i7-9700K vs Apple A12X Bionic

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i7-9700K CPU1 vs CPU2 Apple A12X Bionic
Intel Core i7-9700K Apple A12X Bionic

CPU comparison

Intel Core i7-9700K or Apple A12X Bionic - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i7-9700K has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 4.90 GHz. Up to 128 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i7-9700K was released in Q4/2018.

The Apple A12X Bionic has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.49 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A12X Bionic was released in Q3/2018.
Intel Core i7 (298) Family Apple A series (22)
Intel Core i 9000 (34) CPU group Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)
9 Generation 12
Coffee Lake S Refresh Architecture A12
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i7-8700K Predecessor Apple A10X Fusion
Intel Core i7-10700K Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i7-9700K is a 8 core processor with a clock frequency of 3.60 GHz (4.90 GHz). The Apple A12X Bionic has 8 CPU cores with a clock frequency of 2.49 GHz.

Intel Core i7-9700K Characteristic Apple A12X Bionic
8 Cores 8
8 Threads 8
normal Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
Yes Overclocking ? No
3.60 GHz (4.90 GHz) A-Core 2.49 GHz
4x Vortex
-- B-Core 1.59 GHz
4x Tempest

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i7-9700K Characteristic Apple A12X Bionic
-- AI hardware Apple Neural Engine
-- AI specifications 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS

Internal Graphics

The integrated graphics unit of a processor is not only responsible for the pure image output on the system, but can also significantly increase the efficiency of the system with the support of modern video codecs.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Apple A12X
0.35 GHz GPU frequency 1.13 GHz
1.20 GHz GPU (Turbo) --
9.5 GPU Generation 9
14 nm Technology 7 nm
3 Max. displays 1
24 Compute units 28
192 Shader 448
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 6 GB
12 DirectX Version --

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 630 GPU Apple A12X
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i7-9700K supports a maximum of 128 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Apple A12X Bionic can connect up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels.

Intel Core i7-9700K Characteristic Apple A12X Bionic
DDR4-2666 Memory LPDDR4X-4266
128 GB Max. Memory 6 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
42.7 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
No ECC No
-- L2 Cache 8.00 MB
12.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version --
16 PCIe lanes --
15.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of a processor specifies the required cooling solution. The Intel Core i7-9700K has a TDP of 95 W, that of the Apple A12X Bionic is 15 W.

Intel Core i7-9700K Characteristic Apple A12X Bionic
95 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Intel Core i7-9700K has a 12.00 MB cache, while the Apple A12X Bionic cache has a total of 8.00 MB.

Intel Core i7-9700K Characteristic Apple A12X Bionic
14 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 ISA extensions --
LGA 1151-2 Socket --
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization None
Yes AES-NI No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems iOS
Q4/2018 Release date Q3/2018
520 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700K (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic (81%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700K (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic (62%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1336 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
991 (74%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
10326 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4539 (44%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1302 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1124 (86%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
7421 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4718 (64%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
1589 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1341 (84%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
7361 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4745 (64%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
Intel UHD Graphics 630 @ 1.20 GHz
461 (46%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X @ 1.13 GHz
1008 (100%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
14555 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
10921 (75%)

Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)

The Cinebench 2024 benchmark is based on the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxon's 3D program Cinema 4D. The benchmark runs are each 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
74 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench 2024 (Multi-Core)

The Multi-Core test of the Cinebench 2024 benchmark uses all cpu cores to render using the Redshift rendering engine, which is also used in Maxons Cinema 4D. The benchmark run is 10 minutes long to test whether the processor is limited by its heat generation.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
532 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
481 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
3656 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
713640 (100%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
134 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
217.1 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Single-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
549 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (Multi-Core)

The CPU-Z benchmark measures a processor's performance by measuring the time it takes the system to complete all benchmark calculations. The faster the benchmark is completed, the higher the score.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
4167 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.90 GHz
214 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 4.60 GHz
1520 (100%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
0 (0%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Intel Core i7-9700K Intel Core i7-9700K
8C 8T @ 3.60 GHz
0 (0%)
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
5 (100%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i7-9700K Apple A12X Bionic
Memory PC Intel i7-9700K
Memory PC Aufrüst-Kit Bundle i7-9700K
Megaport High End Gaming-PC Intel Core i7-9700K
Apple iPad Pro 2018

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