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Apple A15 Bionic vs Intel Core i5-8500T

Apple A15 Bionic

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The Apple A15 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 13 and iPad Mini (2021) models. It was announced late 2021 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. The CPU performance increases only slightly compared to the A14, but GPU (in the higher end models) offers higher gains.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 15.8 billion transistors (compared to the 11.8 of the A14).

Intel Core i5-8500T

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The Intel Core i5-8500T is a desktop processor of the Coffee Lake generation. It offers 6 cores clocked at 2.1 - 3.5 GHz and is manufactured in the again improved 14nm process (14nm++). As a "T" model, te i5-8500T is rated with a low 35 Watt TDP and therefore sometimes even used in laptops.

Thanks to the additional 2 cores, the Coffee Lake 6-core CPUs can offer a performance uplift of up to 50% in multithreaded workloads compared to the Kaby Lake predecessors. 

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ModelApple A15 BionicIntel Core i5-8500T
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesIntel Coffee Lake
Series: Coffee Lake Coffee Lake-S
Apple A18 Pro compare - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 compare - 3.8 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic « 2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 compare1 GHz2 cores
Intel Core i7-8086K compare3.7 - 5 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700K compare3.7 - 4.7 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i7-8700 compare3.2 - 4.6 GHz6 / 12 cores12 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8600K compare3.6 - 4.3 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8500 compare3 - 4.1 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8400 compare2.8 - 4 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Intel Core i5-8500T « 2.1 - 3.5 GHz6 / 6 cores9 MB L3
Clock2020 - 3230 MHz2100 - 3500 MHz
L2 Cache16 MB1.5 MB
L3 Cache32 MB9 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 66 / 6
Transistors15800 Million
Technology5 nm14++ nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal ProcessorDual-Channel DDR4-2666 Memory Controller, AVX, AVX2, AES-NI, TSX-NI, Quick Sync, Virtualization, vPro
iGPUApple A15 GPU 5-CoreIntel UHD Graphics 630 (350 - 1100 MHz)
ArchitectureARMx86
Announced
CodenameCoffee Lake-S
L1 Cache384 KB
TDP35 Watt
SocketFCLGA1151
Manufacturerark.intel.com

Benchmarks

Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
843 Points (5%)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
145 Points (40%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
8.6 Points (11%)
Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
1.7 Points (39%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
5493 Points (33%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
25971 Points (19%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
30617 Points (20%)
Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
7199 Points (9%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
235.1 s (3%)
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
8 s (2%)
WinRAR - WinRAR 4.0
4331 Points (7%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
51.8 fps (17%)
X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
196 fps (45%)
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
6.3 fps (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
0.4 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
0.6 GB/s (11%)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
3.4 GB/s (9%)
Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
561 Seconds (4%)
3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
8062 Points (17%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
10.7 s (2%)
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
24 s (1%)
Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
567 s (3%)
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
25448 Points (20%)
3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
8816 Points (22%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
59535 Points (48%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
59859 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
61363 Points (49%)
3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
6928 Points (18%)
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
10393 Points (19%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
4801 Points (20%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A15 +
min: 1852     avg: 2027     median: 1913 (18%)     max: 2307 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
100%
1 A15 +
2130 Points (24%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
100%
1 A15 +
2332 Points (58%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
100%
1 A15 +
5661 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
100%
1 A15 +
min: 1590     avg: 1723     median: 1734 (68%)     max: 1755 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
100%
1 A15 +
min: 4559     avg: 4755     median: 4788 (9%)     max: 4914 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
4626 Points (46%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
18335 Points (18%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
100%
1 A15 +
min: 413.6     avg: 455.6     median: 451 (1%)     max: 507.3 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
100%
1 A15 +
77 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 57143     avg: 63305     median: 64026.5 (47%)     max: 65969 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 188     avg: 188.3     median: 188 (52%)     max: 189 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 219     avg: 254.3     median: 250 (45%)     max: 279 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 722973     avg: 788523     median: 800415 (39%)     max: 832548 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
100%
1 A15 +
min: 192891     avg: 209810     median: 209802 (52%)     max: 227638 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
100%
1 A15 +
min: 10349     avg: 10411     median: 10410.5 (1%)     max: 10472 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 A15 +
min: 1132     avg: 1156     median: 1145 (43%)     max: 1190 Points
Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
132.7 Watt (23%)
Power Consumption - Cinebench R15 Multi Power Consumption - external Monitor *
108.1 Watt (20%)
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
100%
1 A15 +
min: 4.54     avg: 4.9     median: 5 (2%)     max: 5.64 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
100%
1 A15 +
min: 0     avg: 0.7     median: 0.7 (1%)     max: 1.415 Watt
Power Consumption - Power Efficiency - Cinebench R15 Multi external Monitor
7.8 Points per Watt (6%)

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Average Benchmarks Intel Core i5-8500T → 0% n=0

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)