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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F vs Apple A12X Bionic
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
48 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
27 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.90 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
47 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
100 %
10C / 10T · 4.70 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
33 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
AI performance (NPU)
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F
100 %
10C / 10T · 3.30 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
38 %
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
More benchmarks
Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries
427 entries
Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries
422 entries
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
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 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 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Intel Core Ultra 5 (35) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20) | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) |
| Architecture | Arrow Lake | A12 |
| Technology | 3 nm | 7 nm |
| Segment | Desktop | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | LGA 1851 | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X Fusion | |
| Successor |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
|
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 10 / 10 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 6x Lion Cove 3.30 - 4.90 GHz |
4x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Skymont 2.70 - 4.40 GHz |
4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 26.00 MB | 8.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 24.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | no iGPU | Apple A12X |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | |
| CUs / Shader | / | 28 / 448 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | |
| Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB | |
| Technology | 7 nm | |
| Release date | Q3/2018 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Intel® AI Boost | Apple Neural Engine |
| AI specifications | Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU | 19 TOPS |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
|
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | DDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 256 GB | 6 GB |
| Memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| 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 Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 65 W | 15 W |
| TDP (PL2) | 121 W | |
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. | 105 °C |
Technical details
|
Wischen
|
Intel Core Ultra 5 225F | Apple A12X Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Monolithic | 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 | Q1/2025 | Q3/2018 |
| Release price | 221 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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