Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 2.49GHz	14 Cores(6P+8E) 14 Threads(6P+8E) 4.2GHz
TDP 8W	TDP 125W
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s DDR5
iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU Graphics 4C 1900MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.89 TFLOPSFP16
Socket -	Socket LGA 1851

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A12Z Bionic1,346

x1

Core Ultra 5 245K2,950

x2.19

Show Top Score

Core Config

8 Cores 4P 4E	14 Cores 6P 8E
8 Threads 4P 4E	14 Threads 6P 8E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 4.2GHz
Boost Clock -	Boost Clock 5.2GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Unlocked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB E
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 48KB P 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 3MB P - 8MB E shared
L3 -	L3 24MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type DDR5
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 192GB
ECC No	ECC Yes
Channels 2	Channels 2
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth 102.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 102.4GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 8W	TDP 125W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 159W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 105°C Max
Included Cooler -	Included Cooler 0

Chipset Bus

Bus Type -	Bus Type DMI
Bus Config -	Bus Config 8 lanes
Bus Speed -	Bus Speed 16GT/s
Bus Bandwidth -	Bus Bandwidth 16GB/s

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x6 5.9GB/sBandwidth	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x20 78.8GB/sBandwidth
-	PCIe Secondary PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU Graphics 4C 1900MHz
Shaders 512	Shaders 512
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.9GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.89 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Pontus	NPU Model AI Boost 3
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 2
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 13 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Intel
ISA AArch64	ISA x86-64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Arrow Lake
Family A Series	Family Core Ultra Series 2
Branding	Branding
Codename Aruba A12ZVariant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Arrow Lake-S Arrow Lake-S-8P-16EVariant Lion CoveP-Core SkymontE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Mar 25, 2020	Release Date Oct 24, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Other Foundries -	Other Foundries TSMCiGPU TSMCIO TSMCSoC
Fabrication Node N7 - - -	Fabrication Node N3B N5iGPU N6IO N6SoC
Die Size 135mm² - - -	Die Size 135mm² 23mm²iGPU 28mm²IO 100mm²SoC
Transistor Count 10 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

Images

No images available

No images available

Used In

Desktops Mac mini(DTK, Mid 2020)	Desktops OMEN 35L(Late 2024)
Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 2(A12Z, Early 2020)iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 4(A12Z, Early 2020)	Tablets -

Competitors

AppleA12Z Bionic vs CPU AppleA18 Pro (Neo) AppleA12Z Bionic vs CPU AppleA19 (17e) AppleA12Z Bionic vs CPU AppleA19 Show 10 more

IntelCore Ultra 5 245K vs CPU IntelCore Ultra 5 235T IntelCore Ultra 5 245K vs CPU IntelCore Ultra 5 245 IntelCore Ultra 5 245K vs CPU IntelCore Ultra 5 235 Show 12 more