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Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12X Bionic

Apple A12 Bionic

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The Apple A12 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone Xs and Xr. It was announced late 2018 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. Compared to the previous A11 Bionic, the A12 should offer a 15% improved CPU performance for the performance cores and a 50% lower power consumption for the efficiency cores (both according to Apple).

The chip also includes a new GPU that is advertised as 50% faster, the M12 Motion co-processor and a Neural Engine with 8 cores for up to 5 trillion operations per second.

With 6.9 billion transistors, the A12 Bionic is a big chip especially compared to the Snapdragon 835 (3 Billion) or a Skylake desktop quad-core Soc (1.75 Billion). Compared to the A11, the A12 integrates 60% more transistors.

Apple A12X Bionic

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The Apple A12X Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPad Pro 11 and 12.5-inch from 2018. It offers 8 cores divided in four performance cores and four power efficiency cores (up from the 6 cores in the A12 of the iPhone XS). Compared to the previous A10X in the old iPad Pro models, Apple advertises up to 95% higher performance of the CPU cores.

The chip also includes a new GPU with 7 cores, the M12 Motion co-processor and a Neural Engine with 8 cores for up to 5 trillion operations per second.

With 10 billion transistors (A12 6.9 billion), the A12X Bionic is a big chip especially compared to the Snapdragon 835 (3 Billion) or a Skylake desktop quad-core Soc (1.75 Billion).

ModelApple A12 BionicApple A12X Bionic
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
Series: Apple A-Series Vortex, Tempest
Apple A15 Bionic compare2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic « - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A12Z Bionic compare - 2.49 GHz8 / 8 cores Vortex, Tempest
Apple A12X Bionic « - 2.49 GHz8 / 8 cores Vortex, Tempest
Clock <=2490 MHz <=2490 MHz
L1 Cache256 KB2 MB
L2 Cache8 MB8 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Transistors6900 Million10000 Million
Technology7 nm7 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction Set
iGPUApple A12 Bionic GPUApple A12X Bionic GPU
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
CodenameVortex, Tempest

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 27400     avg: 27548     median: 27547 (23%)     max: 27717 Points
39393 Points (33%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2723     avg: 3064     median: 3056 (36%)     max: 3347 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2880     avg: 3129     median: 2961 (34%)     max: 3493 Points
4700 Points (54%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1313 Points (40%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
4660 Points (18%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1116     avg: 1118     median: 1117.5 (47%)     max: 1119 Points
1120 Points (47%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2772     avg: 2815     median: 2814.5 (5%)     max: 2857 Points
4620 Points (8%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1118 Points (5%)
1114 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
2910 Points (9%)
4661 Points (15%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4750     avg: 4779     median: 4774 (48%)     max: 4824 Points
min: 4984     avg: 4993     median: 4993 (50%)     max: 5002 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11244     avg: 11418     median: 11480 (13%)     max: 11598 Points
min: 17691     avg: 17866     median: 17866 (20%)     max: 18041 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 603     avg: 627     median: 626.5 (1%)     max: 653 ms
min: 603     avg: 609     median: 608.5 (1%)     max: 614 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
114 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 41367     avg: 42312     median: 42333.5 (38%)     max: 43280 Points
min: 44425     avg: 45080     median: 45079.5 (41%)     max: 45734 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 155     avg: 159.5     median: 159.5 (33%)     max: 166 Points
min: 172     avg: 177     median: 177 (37%)     max: 182 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 7312     avg: 9998     median: 10135.5 (31%)     max: 12409 Points
min: 14010     avg: 14312     median: 14311.5 (44%)     max: 14613 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 59570     avg: 65177     median: 66701 (82%)     max: 67735 Points
min: 62524     avg: 64951     median: 64950.5 (80%)     max: 67377 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 129473     avg: 147840     median: 151931 (47%)     max: 158023 Points
min: 312218     avg: 317206     median: 317206 (98%)     max: 322193 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 106600     avg: 124761     median: 127986 (78%)     max: 136472 Points
min: 162798     avg: 163060     median: 163060 (100%)     max: 163321 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 302955     avg: 347775     median: 358800 (63%)     max: 370545 Points
min: 552676     avg: 559527     median: 559527 (99%)     max: 566378 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 71574     avg: 71607     median: 71606.5 (60%)     max: 71639 Points
76371 Points (64%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 45962     avg: 56767     median: 56767 (46%)     max: 67572 Points
63887 Points (52%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 166588     avg: 170290     median: 170290 (31%)     max: 173992 Points
350192 Points (64%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 98561     avg: 122385     median: 122385 (44%)     max: 146209 Points
187788 Points (68%)
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 411764     avg: 421049     median: 421048 (41%)     max: 430333 Points
678238 Points (65%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
549549 Points (33%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
129427 Points (35%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 482773     avg: 486852     median: 486197 (64%)     max: 491585 Points
min: 756889     avg: 758432     median: 758432 (100%)     max: 759975 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
8.5 Watt (4%)
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
2.2 Watt (2%)

Average Benchmarks Apple A12 Bionic → 100% n=22

Average Benchmarks Apple A12X Bionic → 138% n=22

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