Apple A15 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-1035G1

Comparative analysis of Apple A15 Bionic and Intel Core i5-1035G1 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, 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).

Apple A15 Bionic

Intel Core i5-1035G1

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A15 Bionic

CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 4
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 5 nm vs 10 nm
6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Around 61% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 3598 vs 2231
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 9902 vs 7363

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	14 Sep 2021 vs 1 Aug 2019
Number of cores	6 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 10 nm
L2 cache	12 MB (shared) vs 2 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt vs 15 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	3598 vs 2231
PassMark - CPU mark	9902 vs 7363

Reasons to consider the Intel Core i5-1035G1

2 more threads: 8 vs 6
Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.60 GHz vs 3.23 GHz
284.4x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
10.7x more maximum memory size: 64 GB vs 6 GB

Number of threads	8 vs 6
Maximum frequency	3.60 GHz vs 3.23 GHz
L1 cache	320 KB vs 192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
Maximum memory size	64 GB vs 6 GB

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Apple A15 Bionic
CPU 2: Intel Core i5-1035G1

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

3598

2231

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

9902

7363

Name	Apple A15 Bionic	Intel Core i5-1035G1
PassMark - Single thread mark	3598	2231
PassMark - CPU mark	9902	7363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		24.533
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		297.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.428
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		21.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		30.18
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		1993
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		9286
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		1993
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4705
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		9286

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A15 Bionic	Intel Core i5-1035G1
Essentials
Architecture codename	Avalanche/Blizzard	Ice Lake
Launch date	14 Sep 2021	1 Aug 2019
OS Support	iOS 15.0, iPadOS 15.0, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1
Place in performance rating	451	450
Processor Number	APL1W07	i5-1035G1
Vertical segment	Mobile	Mobile
Launch price (MSRP)		$297
Performance
Base frequency	2.02 GHz	1.00 GHz
L1 cache	192 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)	320 KB
L2 cache	12 MB (shared)	2 MB
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	10 nm
Maximum frequency	3.23 GHz	3.60 GHz
Number of cores	6	4
Number of threads	6	8
Transistor count	15 billion
Bus Speed		4 GT/s
L3 cache		6 MB
Maximum core temperature		100 °C
Memory
Max memory channels	1	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	55.63 GB/s
Maximum memory size	6 GB	64 GB
Supported memory types	LPDDR4X-4266	DDR4-3200, LPDDR4-3733
ECC memory support
Graphics
Execution Units	20
Graphics base frequency	1338 MHz	300 MHz
iGPU core count	5
Device ID		0x8A56
Graphics max dynamic frequency		1.05 GHz
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics		Intel UHD Graphics
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	6 Watt	15 Watt
Configurable TDP-down		13 Watt
Configurable TDP-down Frequency		700 MHz
Configurable TDP-up		25 Watt
Configurable TDP-up Frequency		1.20 GHz
Sockets supported		FCBGA1526
Graphics interfaces
DisplayPort
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported		3
Graphics image quality
4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over eDP		5120 x 3200
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4		4096 x 2304
Graphics API support
DirectX		12
OpenGL		4.5
Peripherals
PCI Express revision		3.0
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Advanced Technologies
Idle States
Instruction set extensions		Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost
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)