Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M vs Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) | |
CPU comparisonIntel Xeon Platinum 8260M or Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) - 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 Xeon Platinum 8260M has 24 cores with 48 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.90 GHz. Up to GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M was released in Q2/2019. The Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.23 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) was released in Q3/2021. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum (89) | Family | Apple A series (22) |
| Intel Xeon Platinum 8200/9200 (21) | CPU group | Apple A15 (2) |
| 2 | Generation | 15 |
| Cascade Lake | Architecture | A15 |
| Desktop / Server | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | Apple A14 Bionic |
| -- | Successor | Apple A16 Bionic |
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CPU Cores and Base FrequencyThe Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M has 24 CPU cores and can calculate 48 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is 2.40 GHz (3.90 GHz) while the Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) has 6 CPU cores and 6 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) is at 3.23 GHz. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Characteristic | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| 24 | Cores | 6 |
| 48 | Threads | 6 |
| normal | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Yes | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
| 2.40 GHz (3.90 GHz) | A-Core | 3.23 GHz 2x Avalanche |
| -- | B-Core | 2.02 GHz 4x Blizzard |
NPU AI performanceThe performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is specified here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher. Processors with support for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Characteristic | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| -- | AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine |
| -- | AI specifications | 16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS |
| -- | NPU + CPU + iGPU | -- |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)The Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M or Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) |
| GPU frequency | 1.34 GHz | |
| -- | GPU (Turbo) | -- |
| -- | GPU Generation | 12 |
| Technology | 5 nm | |
| Max. displays | 3 | |
| -- | Compute units | 20 |
| -- | Shader | 640 |
| No | Hardware Raytracing | No |
| No | Frame Generation | No |
| -- | Max. GPU Memory | 6 GB |
| -- | DirectX Version | -- |
Hardware codec supportA 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. |
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| no iGPU | GPU | Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| No | Codec AV1 | No |
| No | Codec AVC | Decode |
| No | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| No | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M can use up to GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 140.7 GB/s. The Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) supports up to 6 GB of memory in 1 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 34.1 GB/s. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Characteristic | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| DDR4-2933 | Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 |
| Max. Memory | 6 GB | |
| 6 (Hexa Channel) | Memory channels | 1 (Single Channel) |
| 140.7 GB/s | Max. Bandwidth | 34.1 GB/s |
| Yes | ECC | No |
| -- | L2 Cache | 16.00 MB |
| 35.75 MB | L3 Cache | 32.00 MB |
| 3.0 | PCIe version | -- |
| 48 | PCIe lanes | -- |
| 47.3 GB/s | PCIe Bandwidth | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is 165 W, while the Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) has a TDP of 7.25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Characteristic | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| 165 W | TDP (PL1 / PBP) | 7.25 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| -- | TDP up | -- |
| -- | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
Technical detailsThe Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M is manufactured in 14 nm and has 35.75 MB cache. The Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) is manufactured in 5 nm and has a 48.00 MB cache. |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Characteristic | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| 14 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| Monolithic | Chip design | Chiplet |
| x86-64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 | ISA extensions | -- |
| LGA 3647 | Socket | -- |
| VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Windows 10, Linux | Operating systems | iOS |
| Q2/2019 | Release date | Q3/2021 |
| -- | Release price | -- |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
Apple A15 (5 GPU Cores) @ 1.34 GHz |
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AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.
In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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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.
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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AI performance (NPU)
The performance values of the processor's AI unit. The isolated NPU performance is given here, the total AI performance (NPU+CPU+iGPU) can be higher.
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).
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).
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M
24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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Devices using this processor |
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| Intel Xeon Platinum 8260M | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
| Unknown | Apple iPad mini (6. Gen) Apple iPhone 13 Pro Apple iPhone 13 Pro Max Apple iPhone 14 Apple iPhone 14 Plus |
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