The Apple A14 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 12 and iPad Air (2020) models. It was announced late 2020 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores (Firestorm) and four power efficiency cores (Icestorm). Apple states that the A14 offers a 40 percent higher CPU performance than the old A12 in the iPad Air 2019. That should translate to a modest gain of around 20% compared to the Apple A13. The A14 integrates a fast 4-core-GPU and a 16-core Neural Engine that is able to reach a maximum of 11 TOPS. The memory controller supports LPDDR4X and 4 or 6 GB are directly above the chip (package on package - PoP).
The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 11.8 billion transistors.
| Codename | Firestorm, Icestorm |
| Series | Apple Apple A-Series |
| Clock Rate | 1800 - 3100 MHz |
| Level 2 Cache | 12 MB |
| Level 3 Cache | 16 MB |
| Number of Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 |
| Transistor Count | 11800 Million |
| Manufacturing Technology | 5 nm |
| Features | ARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal Processor |
| GPU | Apple A14 Bionic GPU |
| 64 Bit | 64 Bit support |
| Architecture | ARM |
| Announcement Date | 09/15/2020 |
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