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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
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
64 Bit64 Bit support
ArchitectureARM
Announcement Date09/12/2018

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 27400     avg: 27548     median: 27547 (28%)     max: 27717 Points
+ 5 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2723     avg: 3064     median: 3056 (38%)     max: 3347 Points
+ 6 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 2880     avg: 3129     median: 2961 (43%)     max: 3493 Points
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 4750     avg: 4779     median: 4774 (60%)     max: 4824 points
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 11244     avg: 11418     median: 11480 (18%)     max: 11598 points
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
1118 points (60%)
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
2910 points (18%)
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Geekbench 5.3 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1116     avg: 1118     median: 1117.5 (59%)     max: 1119 points
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Geekbench 5.3 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 2772     avg: 2815     median: 2814.5 (17%)     max: 2857 points
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 603.1     avg: 627     median: 626.4 (1%)     max: 652.5 ms
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 41367     avg: 42312     median: 42333.5 (61%)     max: 43280 Points
+ 6 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 155     avg: 160     median: 159.5 (54%)     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
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 129473     avg: 147840     median: 151931 (47%)     max: 158023 Points
+ 4 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
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 (62%)     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
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 98561     avg: 122385     median: 122385 (44%)     max: 146209 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 411764     avg: 421049     median: 421048 (41%)     max: 430333 Points
+ 2 benchmarks and specifications   + Show comparison chart
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile CPU Tests
min: 482773     avg: 486852     median: 486197 (64%)     max: 491585 Points
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Reviews for the Apple Apple A-Series A12 Bionic processor

Apple iPad 10.2 2020 (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.20")
» Apple iPad 10.2 (2020) - Rejuvenation of the lower-priced Apple tablet - Review
» Apple iPad 10.2 2020 - External Review
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Apple iPad Air 2019 (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 10.50")
» Apple iPad Air (2019) Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Air 2019 - External Review

Apple iPad Mini 5 (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 7.90")
» Apple iPad mini 5 Tablet Review - Review
» Apple iPad Mini 5 - External Review

Apple iPhone XR (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.10")
» Apple iPhone XR Smartphone Review - Review
» Apple iPhone Xr - External Review

Apple iPhone XS (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 5.80")
» Apple iPhone XS Smartphone Review - Review
» Apple iPhone XS - External Review

Apple iPhone Xs Max (Apple A12 Bionic GPU, 6.50")
» Apple iPhone XS Max Smartphone Review - Review
» Apple iPhone Xs Max - External Review

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Other CPUs of the series Apple A-Series

» Apple A12Z Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A12X Bionic
   8x - 2.49 GHz
» Apple A14 Bionic
   6x 1.8 GHz - 3.1 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

Surrounding CPUs

+ Apple A13 Bionic
   6x - 2.66 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.2 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)
   8x 2.42 GHz - 3.1 GHz
+ MediaTek Dimensity 1200
   8x 2 GHz - 3 GHz
+ Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
   8x 2.42 GHz - 2.84 GHz
» Apple A12 Bionic
   6x - 2.49 GHz
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
   8x 1.9 GHz - 2.4 GHz
- HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
   8x - 2.86 GHz
- HiSilicon Kirin 990
   8x - 2.86 GHz
- Samsung Exynos 990
   8x 2 GHz - 2.73 GHz
- MediaTek Dimensity 1100
   8x 2 GHz - 2.6 GHz
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Klaus Hinum (Update: 2018-09-13)