Apple A12 Bionic
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.
Series Apple Apple A-Series Series: Apple A-Series Apple A15 Bionic 2.02 - 3.23 GHz 6 / 6 32 MB L3 Apple A12 Bionic « - 2.49 GHz 6 / 6
Clock Rate <=2490 MHz Level 1 Cache 256 KB Level 2 Cache 8 MB Number of Cores / Threads 6 / 6 Transistor Count 6900 Million Manufacturing Technology 7 nm Features ARMv8 Instruction Set GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU 64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture ARM Announcement Date 09/12/2018
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
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Reviews for the Apple A12 Bionic processor
Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) - Rejuvenation of the lower-priced Apple tablet The new iPad and the old iPad come with very similar specifications sheets. The 2020 model has a new SoC and a smaller carbon footprint.
Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | 10.20" | 495 g
Apple iPad mini 5 Tablet Review The 5th generation iPad mini combines a well-known design with modern hardware. In addition to a Retina display with True Tone technology it also supports the A...
Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | 7.90" | 300 g
Apple iPad Air (2019) Tablet Review This year, Apple has revived a product label that was already thought dead and has fit some new hardware into an old case. The newly created tablet positions it...
Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | 10.50" | 456 g
Apple iPhone XR Smartphone Review Apple positions the iPhone XR between the two XS models’ size-wise but equips the device with a lower resolution LCD display and only a single rear-facing camer...
Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | 6.10" | 194 g
Apple iPhone XS Smartphone Review Apple has stuck with its “S” nomenclature even after its anniversary iPhone and has consequently followed the iPhone X with the iPhone XS. As with previous “S” ...
Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | 5.80" | 177 g
Apple iPhone Xs Max : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.50", 0.2 kg
Review » Apple iPhone XS Max Smartphone Review
Apple iPad 10.2 2020 : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.20", 0.5 kg
External Review » Apple iPad 10.2 2020
Apple iPad Air 3 2019 : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.50", 0.5 kg
External Review » Apple iPad Air 2019
Apple iPad Mini 5 : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 7.90", 0.3 kg
External Review » Apple iPad Mini 5
Apple iPhone Xs Max : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.50", 0.2 kg
External Review » Apple iPhone Xs Max
Apple iPhone XS : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 5.80", 0.2 kg
External Review » Apple iPhone XS
Apple iPhone XR : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.10", 0.2 kg
External Review » Apple iPhone Xr
Apple iPad 10.2 2020 : Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.20", 0.5 kg
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