Apple A12Z Bionic vs Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Comparative analysis of Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Memory, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

Apple A12Z Bionic

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Differences

Reasons to consider the Apple A12Z Bionic

3.8x more core clock speed: 1125 MHz vs 300 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 7 nm vs 10 nm

Core clock speed	1125 MHz vs 300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm vs 10 nm

Reasons to consider the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
80x more pipelines: 640 vs 8

Launch date	4 Jan 2022 vs 25 Mar 2020
Pipelines	640 vs 8

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: Apple A12Z Bionic
GPU 2: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)

Name	Apple A12Z Bionic	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
Geekbench - OpenCL	11391
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		1163

Compare specifications (specs)

	Apple A12Z Bionic	Intel Iris Xe Graphics 80EU (Alder Lake)
Essentials
Launch date	25 Mar 2020	4 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	1451	1452
Architecture		Generation 12.2
Code name		Alder Lake GT1
Technical info
Core clock speed	1125 MHz	300 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	7 nm	10 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	1.152 TFLOPS
Pipelines	8	640
Render output units	32
Boost clock speed		1200 MHz
Pixel fill rate		24.00 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate		48.00 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)		45 Watt
Memory
Memory bandwidth	68.2 GB/s	System Dependent
Memory bus width	128 bit	System Shared
Memory type	LPDDR4X-4266	System Shared
Maximum RAM amount		System Shared
Memory clock speed		System Shared
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors		Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor		IGP
Interface		Ring Bus
API support
DirectX		12 (12_1)
OpenCL		3.0
OpenGL		4.6
Shader Model		6.6
Vulkan