Apple A12 Bionic – an 6-core chipset that was announced on September 12, 2018, and is manufactured using a 7-nanometer process technology. It has 2 cores Vortex at 2490 MHz and 4 cores Tempest at 1600 MHz.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarks
AnTuTu 9
The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
| CPU |
143829 |
| GPU |
195079 |
| Memory |
85033 |
| UX |
107266 |
| Total score |
528025 |
GeekBench 5
The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
| Image compression |
131.35 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection |
17.45 images/s |
| Speech recognition |
70.4 words/s |
| Machine learning |
58.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting |
17.75 images/s |
| HTML 5 |
3.17 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite |
670.45 Krows/s |
3DMark
A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
5248
| Stability |
68% |
| Graphics test |
31 FPS |
| Score |
5248 |
Smartphones
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Specifications
Detailed specifications of the A12 Bionic SoC with Apple A12 Bionic GPU graphics
| Architecture |
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest |
| Cores |
6 |
| Frequency |
2490 MHz |
| Instruction set |
ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache |
128 KB |
| L2 cache |
8 MB |
| Process |
7 nanometers |
| Transistor count |
6.9 billion |
| TDP |
6 W |
| GPU name |
Apple A12 Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency |
1125 MHz |
| Execution units |
32 |
| Shading units |
256 |
| FLOPS |
560 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version |
1.1 |
| OpenCL version |
2.0 |
| DirectX version |
12 |
| Memory type |
LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency |
2133 MHz |
| Bus |
1x 64 Bit |
| Max bandwidth |
34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size |
12 GB |
| Neural processor (NPU) |
Yes |
| Storage type |
NVMe |
| Max display resolution |
2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution |
2x 12MP |
| Video capture |
4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback |
4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs |
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs |
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 |
| 4G support |
LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support |
No |
| Download speed |
Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed |
Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi |
5 |
| Bluetooth |
5.0 |
| Navigation |
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
| Announced |
September 2018 |
| Class |
Flagship |
| Model number |
APL1W81 |
Comparison with competitors
