Apple A12 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-1230U Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	10 Cores(2P+8E) 12 Threads(4P+8E) 1GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 9W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 83.2GB/s LPDDR5·LPDDR4X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Iris Xe 80EU 900MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.3 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket BGA 1744

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi E-Core Boost Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A12 Bionic1,336

x1

Core i5-1230U1,860

x1.39

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	10 Cores 2P 8E
6 Threads 2P 4E	12 Threads 4P 8E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 1GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 4.4GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 32KB P 64KB E
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 1.25MB P - 2MB E shared
L3 -	L3 12MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5·LPDDR4X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 64GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 5200MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 83.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate5200MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 83.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 9W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 29W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type OPI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 8 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 4GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 4GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Iris Xe 80EU 900MHz
Shaders 256	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 900MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 2.3 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model GNA 3.0
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Controller

Controller Model -	Controller Model 600 Series P+
Codename -	Codename Alder Lake
PCIe -	PCIe -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Alder Lake
Family A Series	Family Core 12th Gen
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-2P-8EVariant Golden CoveP-Core GracemontE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Feb 23, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Intel
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries IntelPCH
Fabrication Node N7 -	Fabrication Node Intel 7 14nmPCH
Die Size 83mm² -	Die Size 161mm² 54mm²PCH
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count 11.9 Billion
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops -	Laptops XPS 13(9315, Mid 2022)Envy x360 13(Early 2022)
Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones -
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets XPS 13 2-in-1 29315(Intel 12th Gen, Mid 2022)

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