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A12 Bionic vs A11 Bionic

A12 Bionic
VS
A11 Bionic
A12 Bionic
A11 Bionic

We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A12 Bionic (with Apple A12 GPU graphics) and A11 Bionic (Apple A11 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Specs
  7. Comments (3)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
  • Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
  • Performs 41% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 43%) AnTuTu 11 score – 895K vs 626K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~6%)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
A12 Bionic
vs
A11 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A12 Bionic +43%
895627
A11 Bionic
626912
CPU 309104 254993
GPU 144993 116883
Memory 139578 96795
UX 301952 158241
Total score 895627 626912
Samples Less than 3 Less than 3
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A12 Bionic +21%
1318
A11 Bionic
1093
Multi-Core Score
A12 Bionic +71%
3134
A11 Bionic
1828
Asset compression 116.8 MB/sec 113.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 59.4 pages/sec 58.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 71.7 Mpixels/sec 82.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 23.7 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
HDR 98.7 Mpixels/sec 83.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 11.2 images/sec 10.1 images/sec
Photo processing 36.1 images/sec 29.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.49 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 5 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A12 Bionic +40%
7868
A11 Bionic
5630
Background blur 16.1 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Face detection 19.2 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.39 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.73 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.1 Gpixels/sec 12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 608.2 FPS 324.3 FPS
API Metal Metal
Samples Less than 3 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
A12 Bionic +66%
1482
A11 Bionic
892
Score 1482 892
Stability 65% 59%
Graphics test 8 FPS 5 FPS

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A12 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-16 -> op1Geekbench 6 CPU1344 / 4757
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-31 (Π”ΠΈΠΌΠ°)AnTuTu 11644981
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386Geekbench 6 GPU7868
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386Geekbench 6 CPU1306 / 2770
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-12 -> GiahuyAnTuTu 11756483
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Apple A11 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 GPU5436
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 CPU1075 / 2393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 GPU5630
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 CPU1093 / 1828
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-08 -> TangerineGeekbench 6 CPU1105 / 2629
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A12 Bionic and A11 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest		 2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon
4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral
Cores 6 6
Frequency 2490 MHz 2390 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
L1 cache 128 KB 64 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 10 nanometers
Transistor count 6.9 billion 4.3 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A12 GPU Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 1066 MHz
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 64 64
Total shaders 256 192
FLOPS 576 Gigaflops 409.3 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 4 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type NVMe NVMe
Max display resolution 2688 x 1242 2436 x 1125
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG		 - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX ΠΈ AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3		 - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 12
5G support No No
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 350 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2018 September 2017
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W81 APL1071
Successor - Apple A19 Pro - Apple A19 Pro

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Hol up January 3, 2021 at 11:23 PM
Who tf wrote 397000 cpu points for anTuTu?
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NGETEH ASU May 10, 2021 at 07:36 AM
i don't know who wrote it
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drometh February 22, 2025 at 07:45 PM
NGETEH ASU, Not me either. AnTuTu
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