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Apple A12 Bionic

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.

SeriesApple Apple A-Series

Series: Apple A-Series

Apple A19 Pro compare2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A19 compare2.6 - 4.26 GHz6 / 6 cores12 MB L3
Apple A18 Pro compare2.42 - 4.04 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A18 compare2.42 - 4.04 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A15 Bionic compare2.02 - 3.23 GHz6 / 6 cores32 MB L3
Apple A12 Bionic « - 2.49 GHz6 / 6 cores
Apple A6x compare1.4 GHz2 cores
Apple A6 compare1 GHz2 cores
Clock Rate <=2490 MHz
Level 1 Cache256 KB
Level 2 Cache8 MB
Number of Cores / Threads6 / 6
Transistor Count6900 Million
Manufacturing Technology7 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction Set
GPUApple A12 Bionic GPU
NPU / AI5 TOPS INT8
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date09/12/2018

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 27400     avg: 27548     median: 27547 (22%)     max: 27717 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2723     avg: 3064     median: 3056 (29%)     max: 3347 Points
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3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2880     avg: 3129     median: 2961 (34%)     max: 3493 Points
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Single-Core
1325 points (31%)
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Geekbench 6.5 - Geekbench 6.5 Multi-Core
2850 points (11%)
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1116     avg: 1118     median: 1117.5 (38%)     max: 1119 points
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Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2772     avg: 2815     median: 2814.5 (5%)     max: 2857 points
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1118 points (5%)
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
2910 points (9%)
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4750     avg: 4779     median: 4774 (48%)     max: 4824 points
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Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11244     avg: 11418     median: 11480 (11%)     max: 11598 points
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 603     avg: 627     median: 626.5 (1%)     max: 653 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 41367     avg: 42312     median: 42333.5 (28%)     max: 43280 Points
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 155     avg: 159.5     median: 159.5 (29%)     max: 166 Points
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 7312     avg: 9998     median: 10135.5 (31%)     max: 12409 Points
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 59570     avg: 65177     median: 66701 (82%)     max: 67735 Points
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 129473     avg: 147840     median: 151931 (47%)     max: 158023 Points
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 106600     avg: 124761     median: 127986 (78%)     max: 136472 Points
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AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 302955     avg: 347775     median: 358800 (63%)     max: 370545 Points
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AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 71574     avg: 71607     median: 71606.5 (60%)     max: 71639 Points
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AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 45962     avg: 56767     median: 56767 (46%)     max: 67572 Points
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AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 166588     avg: 170290     median: 170290 (31%)     max: 173992 Points
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AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 98561     avg: 122385     median: 122385 (44%)     max: 146209 Points
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AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 411764     avg: 421049     median: 421048 (41%)     max: 430333 Points
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
549549 Points (27%)
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Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
129427 Points (32%)
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PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 482773     avg: 486852     median: 486197 (64%)     max: 491585 Points
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Apple iPhone Xs Max: Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.50", 0.2 kg
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Apple iPad 10.2 2020: Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.20", 0.5 kg
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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

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Other CPUs of the series Apple A-Series

» Apple A19 Pro
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz
» Apple A19
   6x 2.6 GHz - 4.26 GHz
» Apple A18 Pro
   6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz
» Apple A18
   6x 2.42 GHz - 4.04 GHz
» Apple A17 Pro
   6x 2.11 GHz - 3.78 GHz
» Apple A16 Bionic
   6x 2.02 GHz - 3.46 GHz
» Apple A15 Bionic
   6x 2.02 GHz - 3.23 GHz
» Apple A12Z Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A14 Bionic
   6x 1.8 GHz - 3.1 GHz
» Apple A12X Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A13 Bionic
   6x - 2.66 GHz
» Apple A12 Bionic
   6x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A11 Bionic
   6x - 2.39 GHz
» Apple A10X Fusion
   6x 2.39 GHz
» Apple A10 Fusion
   4x 2.34 GHz
» Apple A6x
   2x 1.4 GHz
» Apple A6
   2x 1 GHz

Surrounding CPUs

+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+ 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.5 GHz
+ MediaTek Dimensity 1000+
   8x 2 GHz - 2.6 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
+ Qualcomm QCM6490
   8x 1.96 GHz - 2.71 GHz
+ MediaTek Dimensity 8050
   8x 2 GHz - 3 GHz
» Apple A12 Bionic
   6x - 2.49 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 4G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
   8x 1.8 GHz - 2.4 GHz
- Samsung Exynos 1380
   8x 2 GHz - 2.4 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300
   8x 2 GHz - 2.5 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 7300X
   8x 2 GHz - 2.5 GHz
Klaus Hinum (Update: 2026-01- 8)