A20 Pro vs A12 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A20 Pro (with Apple A20 Pro GPU graphics) and A12 Bionic (Apple A12 GPU). Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
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
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Performs 5x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.8x) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 895K
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 238% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- 98% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 2490 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~44%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 879839 | 309104 |
| GPU | 1407166 | 144993 |
| Memory | 418755 | 139578 |
| UX | 728894 | 301952 |
| Total score | 3434654 | 895627 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | - | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | - | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | - | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | - | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | - | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | - | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | - | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | - | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | - | 608.2 FPS |
| API | - | Metal |
| Samples | - | Less than 3 |
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 4263 | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 17850 | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 9024 | 1482 |
| Stability | - | 65% |
| Graphics test | - | 8 FPS |
Recent User Tests
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-22 -> sammzz | AnTuTu 11 | 3429537 |
| π 2026-10-19 (Bears lover) | AnTuTu 11 | 3651257 |
| π 2026-10-14 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4739 / 12815 |
| π 2026-10-14 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4738 / 12831 |
| π 2026-10-04 (zsc) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 4047 / 11701 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-16 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| π 2026-07-31 (ΠΠΈΠΌΠ°) | AnTuTu 11 | 644981 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7868 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
| π 2026-05-12 -> Giahuy | AnTuTu 11 | 756483 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A20 Pro and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
2x 2.49 GHz β Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz β Tempest |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4930 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.4-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 2 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A20 Pro GPU | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple A GPU | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1620 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 7 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 896 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 2903 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 3x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 115.2 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 12 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | - | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 3x 48MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AACβLC - AAX and AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HEβAAC - HEβAAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Apple C2 | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | - | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | - | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | - | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2026 | September 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1Y01 | APL1W81 |
| Successor | - | - Apple A20 Pro |
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