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Apple A12X Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic

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).

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 A15 Bionic

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The Apple A15 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 13 and iPad Mini (2021) models. It was announced late 2021 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. The CPU performance increases only slightly compared to the A14, but GPU (in the higher end models) offers higher gains.

The chip is manufactured in 5nm and integrates 15.8 billion transistors (compared to the 11.8 of the A14).

ModelApple A12X BionicApple A12 BionicApple A15 Bionic
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesApple Apple A-Series
CodenameVortex, Tempest
Series: Apple A-Series
Apple A12Z Bionic - 2.49 GHz8 / 8 cores Vortex, Tempest
Apple A12X Bionic « - 2.49 GHz8 / 8 cores Vortex, Tempest
Apple A15 Bionic2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic « - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic « 2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Clock <=2490 MHz <=2490 MHz2020 - 3230 MHz
L1 Cache2 MB256 KB
L2 Cache8 MB8 MB16 MB
Cores / Threads8 / 86 / 66 / 6
Transistors10000 Million6900 Million15800 Million
Technology7 nm7 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction SetARMv8 Instruction Set, Machine Learning Controller, 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, Advanced Image Signal Processor
iGPUApple A12X Bionic GPUApple A12 Bionic GPUApple A15 GPU 5-Core
ArchitectureARMARMARM
Announced
L3 Cache32 MB

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
39393 Points (33%)
min: 27400     avg: 27548     median: 27547 (23%)     max: 27717 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2723     avg: 3064     median: 3056 (36%)     max: 3347 Points
63%
1 A15 +
min: 1852     avg: 2027     median: 1913 (23%)     max: 2307 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
4700 Points (54%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Single-Core
1313 Points (40%)
178%
1 A15 +
2332 Points (71%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 Multi-Core
4660 Points (18%)
121%
1 A15 +
5661 Points (22%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
1120 Points (47%)
min: 1116     avg: 1118     median: 1117.5 (47%)     max: 1119 Points
155%
A15 +
min: 1590     avg: 1723     median: 1734 (73%)     max: 1755 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
4620 Points (8%)
min: 2772     avg: 2815     median: 2814.5 (5%)     max: 2857 Points
104%
A15 +
min: 4559     avg: 4755     median: 4788 (9%)     max: 4914 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1114 Points (5%)
1118 Points (5%)
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
4661 Points (15%)
2910 Points (9%)
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4984     avg: 4993     median: 4993 (50%)     max: 5002 Points
min: 4750     avg: 4779     median: 4774 (48%)     max: 4824 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 17691     avg: 17866     median: 17866 (20%)     max: 18041 Points
min: 11244     avg: 11418     median: 11480 (13%)     max: 11598 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 603     avg: 609     median: 608.5 (1%)     max: 614 ms
min: 603     avg: 627     median: 626.5 (1%)     max: 653 ms
100%
A15 +
min: 413.6     avg: 455.6     median: 451 (1%)     max: 507.3 ms
Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
114 ms (1%)
100%
1 A15 +
77 ms (1%)
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 44425     avg: 45080     median: 45079.5 (41%)     max: 45734 Points
min: 41367     avg: 42312     median: 42333.5 (38%)     max: 43280 Points
142%
A15 +
min: 57143     avg: 63305     median: 64026.5 (58%)     max: 65969 Points
WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
100%
1 A15 +
min: 188     avg: 188.3     median: 188 (54%)     max: 189 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 172     avg: 177     median: 177 (37%)     max: 182 Points
min: 155     avg: 159.5     median: 159.5 (33%)     max: 166 Points
141%
A15 +
min: 219     avg: 254.3     median: 250 (52%)     max: 279 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 14010     avg: 14312     median: 14311.5 (44%)     max: 14613 Points
min: 7312     avg: 9998     median: 10135.5 (31%)     max: 12409 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 62524     avg: 64951     median: 64950.5 (80%)     max: 67377 Points
min: 59570     avg: 65177     median: 66701 (82%)     max: 67735 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 312218     avg: 317206     median: 317206 (98%)     max: 322193 Points
min: 129473     avg: 147840     median: 151931 (47%)     max: 158023 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 162798     avg: 163060     median: 163060 (100%)     max: 163321 Points
min: 106600     avg: 124761     median: 127986 (78%)     max: 136472 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 552676     avg: 559527     median: 559527 (99%)     max: 566378 Points
min: 302955     avg: 347775     median: 358800 (63%)     max: 370545 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
76371 Points (64%)
min: 71574     avg: 71607     median: 71606.5 (60%)     max: 71639 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
63887 Points (52%)
min: 45962     avg: 56767     median: 56767 (46%)     max: 67572 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
350192 Points (64%)
min: 166588     avg: 170290     median: 170290 (31%)     max: 173992 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
187788 Points (68%)
min: 98561     avg: 122385     median: 122385 (44%)     max: 146209 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
678238 Points (65%)
min: 411764     avg: 421049     median: 421048 (41%)     max: 430333 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
549549 Points (33%)
146%
1 A15 +
min: 722973     avg: 788523     median: 800415 (48%)     max: 832548 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
129427 Points (35%)
162%
1 A15 +
min: 192891     avg: 209810     median: 209802 (57%)     max: 227638 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 756889     avg: 758432     median: 758432 (100%)     max: 759975 Points
min: 482773     avg: 486852     median: 486197 (64%)     max: 491585 Points
min: 10349     avg: 10411     median: 10410.5 (1%)     max: 10472 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
100%
1 A15 +
min: 1132     avg: 1156     median: 1145 (44%)     max: 1190 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 A12X Bionic → 100% n=7

Average Benchmarks Apple A12 Bionic → 82% n=7

Average Benchmarks Apple A15 Bionic → 98% n=7

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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)