Apple iPhone 12 Pro vs iPhone 12
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Here we compared two flagship smartphones: the 6.1-inch Apple iPhone 12 Pro (with Apple A14 Bionic) that was released on October 13, 2020, against the Apple iPhone 12, which is powered by the same chip. On this page, you will find tests, full specs, strengths, and weaknesses of each of the devices.
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Key differences
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12 Pro
- The rear camera has a 2x optical zoom
- Better camera quality (According to DxOMark rating)
- Has 50% more RAM: 6GB versus 4GB
- Delivers 24% higher peak brightness (806 against 651 nits)
- 8% faster in single-core GeekBench 6 test: 2160 and 1997 points
Reasons to consider the Apple iPhone 12
- Shows 8% longer battery life (21:15 vs 19:45 hours)
- Weighs 25 grams less
Review
Display
Screen quality, color accuracy, brightness
Camera
Photo and video recording quality
Performance
CPU and memory performance (apps, system)
Gaming
Capabilities for playing modern games
Battery
Battery life, charging type and speed
Connectivity
Networks, ports, data transmission
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Value for money (Beta)
Tests and specifications
Comparison table of technical specifications and testsDisplay
| Type | OLED | OLED |
| Size | 6.1 inches | 6.1 inches |
| Resolution | 1170 x 2532 pixels | 1170 x 2532 pixels |
| Aspect ratio | 19.5:9 | 19.5:9 |
| PPI | 460 ppi | 460 ppi |
| Refresh rate | 60 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Adaptive refresh rate | No | No |
| Max rated brightness | 800 nits | 625 nits |
| HDR support | Yes, Dolby Vision | Yes, Dolby Vision |
| Screen-to-body ratio | 87.1% | 87.1% |
| Display features | - DCI-P3 | - DCI-P3 |
| RGB color space | 99.6% | 99.4% |
| PWM | 277 Hz | 226 Hz |
| Response time | 3.6 ms | 16 ms |
| Contrast | β Infinity | β Infinity |
Peak brightness test (auto)
Design and build
| Height | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) | 146.7 mm (5.78 inches) |
| Width | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) | 71.5 mm (2.81 inches) |
| Thickness | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) | 7.4 mm (0.29 inches) |
| Weight | 189 g (6.67 oz) | 164 g (5.78 oz) |
| Waterproof | IP68 | IP68 |
| Rear material | Glass | Glass |
| Frame material | Metal | Metal |
| Colors | Silver, Gold, Gray, Blue | White, Black, Blue, Green, Red |
| Fingerprint scanner | No | No |
Screen-to-body ratio
Performance
| Chipset | Apple A14 Bionic | Apple A14 Bionic |
| Max clock | 3100 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| CPU cores | 6 (2 + 4) | 6 (2 + 4) |
| Architecture | - 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
- 4 cores at 1.8 GHz: Icestorm - 2 cores at 3.1 GHz: Firestorm |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Lithography process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Apple Neural Engine |
| Graphics | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU shading units | 256 | 256 |
| GPU clock | 1278 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| FLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS | ~654.3 GFLOPS |
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Compute Score (GPU)
| Compute Score (GPU) | 16822 | 17099 |
| Single-core score | 2160 | 1997 |
| Multi-core score | 5104 | 4665 |
AnTuTu Benchmark 11
| CPU | 372871 | 402035 |
| GPU | 322471 | 336490 |
| Memory | 168174 | 153915 |
| UX | 464616 | 449135 |
| Total score | 1328132 | 1341575 |
| Samples | [15 tests] | [10 tests] |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Stability | 76% | 76% |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | 13 FPS | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | 10 FPS | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | 7 FPS | 7 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2668 | 2651 |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Stability | 71% | 74% |
| Graphics test | 12 FPS | 12 FPS |
| Graphics score | 2149 | 2155 |
Recent User Tests
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-29 (Kirillkryt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1284629 |
| π 2026-06-02 -> FoolishJevinTECH | AnTuTu 11 | 1378105 |
| π 2026-05-31 (Cour27) | AnTuTu 11 | 1340740 |
| π 2026-04-21 (PANDUSHA LOVER) | AnTuTu 11 | 1236057 |
| π 2026-04-15 (Flaffer) | AnTuTu 11 | 1341072 |
Apple iPhone 12
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-06-26 (Hellomt) | AnTuTu 11 | 1334721 |
| π 2026-03-25 (π·πΊ010) | AnTuTu 11 | 1384982 |
| π 2026-03-23 (Roma) | AnTuTu 11 | 1326030 |
| π 2026-03-06 (RuL) | AnTuTu 11 | 1365684 |
| π 2026-02-16 (hypothetic nuisance) | AnTuTu 11 | 1341575 |
Memory
| RAM size | 6 GB | 4 GB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Channels | 2 | 2 |
| Storage size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Memory card | No | No |
Software
| Operating system | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) | iOS 14.1 (Can be upgraded to iOS 26.5) |
| OS size | 14 GB | 7 GB |
Battery
| Capacity | 2815 mAh | 2815 mAh |
| Max charge power | 20 W | 18 W |
| Battery type | Li-Ion | Li-Ion |
| Replaceable | No | No |
| Wireless charging | Yes (7.5 W) | Yes (7.5 W) |
| Reverse charging | No | No |
| Bypass charging | No | No |
| Fast charging | Yes (59% in 30 min) | Yes (58% in 30 min) |
| Full charging time | 1:30 hr | 1:30 hr |
| Web browsing | 07:12 hr | 08:00 hr |
| Watching video | 12:00 hr | 12:09 hr |
| Gaming | 04:33 hr | 04:35 hr |
| Standby | 101 hr | 112 hr |
General battery life
Main camera
| Matrix | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4032 x 3024 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Zoom | Optical, 2x | Digital |
| Flash | Dual LED | Quad LED |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| 8K video recording | No | No |
| 4K video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| 1080p video recording | Up to 60FPS | Up to 60FPS |
| Slow motion | 240 FPS (1080p) | 240 FPS (1080p) |
| Angle of widest lens | 120Β° | 120Β° |
| Lenses | 1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Telephoto: 12 MP 3) Ultrawide: 12 MP 4) Depth |
1) Standard: 12 MP 2) Ultrawide: 12 MP |
| Camera features | - Bokeh mode - Pro mode - RAW support |
- Bokeh mode - Pro mode |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/1.6 | f/1.6 |
| Focal length | 26 mm | 26 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX372 | Sony IMX372 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (β 0.29 inch) | 1/3.4" (β 0.29 inch) |
| Pixel size | 1.4 micron | 1.4 micron |
| Autofocus | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) | Phase autofocus (Dual Pixel) |
| Stabilization | Optical | Optical |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | - |
| Aperture | f/2.0 | - |
| Focal length | 52 mm | - |
| Sensor size | 1/3.4" (β 0.29 inch) | - |
| Pixel size | 1 micron | - |
| Stabilization | Optical | - |
| Image resolution | 12 MP | 12 MP |
| Aperture | f/2.4 | f/2.4 |
| Focal length | 13 mm | 13 mm |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
DxOMark main camera tests
Photo quality
Video quality
Generic main camera score
| Bokeh | 70 | 55 |
| Preview | 77 | 74 |
| Zoom | 111 | 60 |
| Samples | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 Pro from DxOMark | Photo samples of Apple iPhone 12 from DxOMark |
Selfie camera
| Megapixels | 12 megapixels | 12 megapixels |
| Image resolution | 4290 x 2800 | 4032 x 3024 |
| Aperture | f/2.2 | f/2.2 |
| Focal length | 23 mm | 23 mm |
| Sensor | Sony IMX514 | Sony IMX514 |
| Sensor size | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) | 1/3.6" (β 0.28 inch) |
| Autofocus | No | No |
| Stabilization | Digital | Digital |
| Video resolution | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS | 2160p (4K) at 60 FPS |
| Depth sensor (TOF 3D) | Yes | Yes |
DxOMark front camera
| Photo | 127 | 127 |
| Video | 140 | 140 |
Connectivity
| Wi-Fi standard | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) | Wi-Fi 6 (802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax) |
| Wi-Fi features | - Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
- Dual Band - Wi-Fi MiMO - Wi-Fi Direct - Wi-Fi Hotspot - Wi-Fi Display |
| Bluetooth version | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth features | LE, A2DP | LE, A2DP |
| USB type | No | No |
| USB features | - Charging - USB-Storage mode |
- Charging - USB-Storage mode |
| GPS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS |
| NFC* | Yes | Yes |
| Infrared port | No | No |
| Number of SIM* | 1 | 1 |
| Type of SIM card | Nano | Nano |
| eSIM support* | Yes | Yes |
| Hybrid slot | No | No |
| LTE Cat* | 18 | 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
Sound
| Speakers | Stereo | Stereo |
| Headphone audio jack | No | No |
| FM radio | No | No |
| Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes |
Speakers test
Max loudness
Other
| Category | Flagship | Flagship |
| Announced | October 2020 | October 2020 |
| Release date | October 2020 | October 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1000 | $800 |
| Successor | - Apple iPhone 17 Pro | - Apple iPhone 17 |
| SAR (head) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| SAR (body) | 0.99 W/kg | 0.99 W/kg |
| Sensors | - Hall-effect sensor - Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
- Barometer - Proximity sensor - Gyroscope - Accelerometer - Ambient light sensor - Compass - Face recognition sensor |
*Disclaimer! NFC, GSM network support, and some other specs can be different depending on the country.
Conclusion
If the camera, performance, and sound are more important to you, then choose the Apple iPhone 12 Pro. But if the battery life is more of a priority β go for the Apple iPhone 12.
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