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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U 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
12C / 14T · 4.30 GHz
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
100 %
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
100 %
12C / 14T · 1.30 GHz
6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Intel Core Ultra 5 125U
100 %
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
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Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
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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
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
AI performance (NPU)
218 entries
218 entries
Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core Ultra 100U (7) | Apple A15 (2) |
| Architecture | Meteor Lake U | A15 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 5 nm |
| Segment | Notebook | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | BGA 2049 | |
| Predecessor | ||
| Successor | Apple A16 Bionic (5-CPU 4-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 12 / 14 | 6 / 6 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✓ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Redwood Cove 1.30 - 4.30 GHz |
2x Avalanche 3.23 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 8x Crestmont 0.80 - 3.60 GHz |
4x Blizzard 2.02 GHz |
| Core Cluster 3: | 2x Crestmont 0.70 - 2.10 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 12.00 MB | 16.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 32.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake) | Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 0.60 - 1.85 GHz | 1.34 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 64 / 512 | 16 / 512 |
| Raytracing | ✓ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 4 | 3 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 32 GB | 6 GB |
| Technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2021 |
NPU AI performance
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT) | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR5X-7500 (120.0 GB/s) DDR5-5600 (89.6 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 96 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | 4.0 x 20 | |
| PCIe Bandwidth | 39.4 GB/s |
Thermal Management
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 15 W | 10 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 57 W | |
| TDP up | 28 W | |
| TDP down | 12 W | |
| T. junction max. | 110 °C |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 125U | Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU) |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✓ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | Windows 11, Linux | iOS |
| Instruction set | x86-64 (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 | |
| Release date | Q4/2023 | Q3/2021 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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