Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core i7-8557U

Comparative analysis of Apple A12X Bionic and Intel Core i7-8557U processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Compatibility, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12X Bionic

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2655 vs 2326
  • Around 50% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11046 vs 7342
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2655 vs 2326
PassMark - CPU mark 11046 vs 7342

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8557U

  • Around 81% higher clock speed: 4.50 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 6 GB
Maximum frequency 4.50 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12X Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8557U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2655
2326
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11046
7342
Name Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-8557U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2655 2326
PassMark - CPU mark 11046 7342
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 3188
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 3188

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-8557U

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Coffee Lake
Launch date 7 Nov 2018 Q3'19
OS Support iOS 12.1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 844 850
Processor Number APL1083 i7-8557U
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Series 8th Generation Intel Core i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1.70 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 4.50 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 10 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s
Maximum core temperature 100°C

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 6 GB 32 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266 DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133

Graphics

Execution Units 28
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz 300 MHz
Graphics max frequency 7
Device ID 0x3EA6
eDRAM 128 MB
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Package Size 46x24
Sockets supported FCBGA1528

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2304@30Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.5

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0
PCIe configurations 1x4, 2x2, 1x2+2x1 and 4x1

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)