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Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR vs Apple A12Z Bionic GPU

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR

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The Apple A10X Fusion / PowerVR graphics card is integrated in the Apple A10X Fusion SoC that can be found in the Apple iPad Pro from 2017. Most likely based on PowerVR technology. According to Apple it integrates 12 cores (compared to the 6 cores of the A10 GPU) and is therefore significantly faster.

Apple A12Z Bionic GPU

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The Apple A12Z Bionic graphics card is the integrated GPU in the Apple A12Z Bionic SoC in the 2020 iPad Pro models. It was designed by Apple and not licensed by PowerVR and should be based on the same architecture as the A12X and A12 GPUs with more cores. The A12Z offer 8 GPU cores, where the older A12X in the 2018 iPad Pro series offered 7. Interestingly, Apple did not choose to create a new variant of the current Apple A13 chip used in the iPhone 11 models.

The architecture should be similar to the older PowerVR graphics cards like the A10 GPU, but currently Apple is not disclosing any information about the architecture.

The performance should be slightly faster than the old iPad pro models and therefore significantly faster than the iPhone SoCs and Android competitors.

The chip should be still manufactured in 7nm at TSMC and offer a very good efficiency.

Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVRApple A12Z Bionic GPU
ArchitecturePowerVR Rogue
Shared Memorynono
technology10 nm7 nm
Date of Announcement07.06.2017 18.03.2020
Apple A12 Series
A12Z Bionic GPU 8
A12X Bionic GPU compare 7
A12 Bionic GPU compare 4
Pipelines8 - unified
CPU in A10X Fusion GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A10X Fusion6 x 2390 MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in A12Z Bionic GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A12Z Bionic8 x ? MHz? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 110148     avg: 110560     median: 110560 (13%)     max: 110971 Points
min: 220422     avg: 221182     median: 221182 (25%)     max: 221941 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited
min: 5975     avg: 6325     median: 6324.5 (27%)     max: 6674 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 12118     avg: 12155     median: 12154.5 (27%)     max: 12191 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 3975     avg: 4534     median: 4534 (23%)     max: 5093 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 5459     avg: 6226     median: 6226 (19%)     max: 6993 Points
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
min: 63     avg: 69.5     median: 69.5 (1%)     max: 76 fps
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
min: 109     avg: 109.5     median: 109.5 (6%)     max: 110 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
min: 224     avg: 224.5     median: 224.5 (2%)     max: 225 fps
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 5107     avg: 5155     median: 5155 (5%)     max: 5203 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
1186 Points (2%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Apple A12Z Bionic GPU → 200% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
high
A12Z Bionic GPU:
31  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
high
A12Z Bionic GPU:
60  fps
Apple A12Z Bionic GPUlowmed.highultraQHD4K
PUBG Mobile31
Asphalt 9: Legends60
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)