Intel Core M-5Y31 vs Apple A12Z Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Intel Core M Apple A series
• Generation
  5 12
• CPU group
  Intel Core M 5 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A10X Fusion

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  0.90 GHz 1.59 GHz
• CPU Cores
  2 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.40 GHz 2.49 GHz
• CPU Threads
  4 8
• Hyperthreading
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  -- 4x Vortex
• B core
  -- 4x Tempest

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• GPU name
  Intel HD Graphics 5300 Apple A12Z
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  0.85 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  24 8
• Shader
  192 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 6 GB
• Max. displays
  3 2
• Generation
  8 9
• DirectX Version
  11.2 --
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2014 Q1/2020

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A12Z Bionic and Intel Core M-5Y31. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR3L-1600 SO-DIMM LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 2
• PCIe version
  2.0
• PCIe lanes
  12

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core M-5Y31 and Apple A12Z Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  4.5 W 15 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core M-5Y31 and Intel Core M-5Y31, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
• L2-Cache
  -- 8.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• Architecture
  Broadwell Y A12
• Technology
  14 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  BGA 1234 N/A
• Release date
  Q4/2014 Q1/2020