Apple A12X Bionic vs Intel Core i7-8565U

Comparative analysis of Apple A12X Bionic and Intel Core i7-8565U 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, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12X Bionic

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 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
  • 8x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 24% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2653 vs 2142
  • Around 82% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 11044 vs 6054
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Nov 2018 vs 21 August 2018
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2653 vs 2142
PassMark - CPU mark 11044 vs 6054

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i7-8565U

  • Around 85% higher clock speed: 4.60 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
  • 256x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 5.3x more maximum memory size: 32 GB vs 6 GB
Maximum frequency 4.60 GHz vs 2.49 GHz
L1 cache 256 KB vs 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size 32 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A12X Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i7-8565U

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2653
2142
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
11044
6054
Name Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-8565U
PassMark - Single thread mark 2653 2142
PassMark - CPU mark 11044 6054
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 4787
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 13130
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 2957
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 20.452
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 90.519
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.666
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 4.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 30.312
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 1865
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3556
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 6194
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 1865
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3556
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 6194

Compare specifications (specs)

Apple A12X Bionic Intel Core i7-8565U

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook Whiskey Lake
Launch date 7 Nov 2018 21 August 2018
OS Support iOS 12.1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 843 844
Processor Number APL1083 i7-8565U
Vertical segment Mobile Mobile
Series 8th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processors
Status Launched

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz 1.80 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core) 256 KB
L2 cache 8 MB (shared) 1 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz 4.60 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 8
Transistor count 10 billion
64 bit support
Bus Speed 4 GT/s OPI
Die size 123 mm
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 72 °C
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 0x3EA0
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 32 GB
Processor graphics Intel® UHD Graphics 620

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt 15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down 10 W
Configurable TDP-down Frequency 800 MHz
Configurable TDP-up 25 W
Configurable TDP-up Frequency 2.00 GHz
Low Halogen Options Available
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@24Hz

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® 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® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® My WiFi technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Smart Response technology
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Speed Shift technology
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

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