Apple A12 Bionic GPU vs Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR
Apple A12 Bionic GPU
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The Apple A12 Bionic graphics card is the second generation of integrated GPUs that was designed by Apple and not licensed by PowerVR. It can be found in the Apple iPhone Xs (Max) and Xr includes 4 cores and supports Metal 2. According to Apple, the 7nm manufactured GPU offers 50% increased performance compared to the A11 Bionic. Therefore, it should be one of the fastest graphics cards for smartphones (like the Adreno 630).
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.
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 A12 Bionic GPU | Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR | ||||||||||
| Apple A12 Series |
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| Pipelines | 4 - unified | ||||||||||
| Shared Memory | no | no | |||||||||
| technology | 7 nm | 10 nm | |||||||||
| Date of Announcement | 12.09.2018 | 07.06.2017 | |||||||||
| Link to Manufacturer Page | www.apple.com | ||||||||||
| Architecture | PowerVR Rogue |
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Benchmarks
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Average Benchmarks Apple A12 Bionic GPU → 100% n=14
Average Benchmarks Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR → 82% n=14
- 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.
Genshin Impact
2020
PUBG Mobile
2018
World of Tanks Blitz
2018
Arena of Valor
2018
Dead Trigger 2
2013
Average Gaming Apple A12 Bionic GPU → 100%
Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%
| Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | |||
| Genshin Impact | 60 | 59 | 59 | |||||||||||
| PUBG Mobile | 29 | 34 | 36 | 39 | ||||||||||
| World of Tanks Blitz | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Arena of Valor | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Shadow Fight 3 | 59 | 59 | ||||||||||||
| Dead Trigger 2 | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Asphalt 9: Legends | 32 | |||||||||||||
| Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Apple A10X Fusion GPU / PowerVR | |||||||||||||
| low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | low | med. | high | ultra | QHD | 4K | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | 1 2 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | | | < 30 fps < 60 fps < 120 fps ≥ 120 fps | | | | | | |
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