Apple A12 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs

The Apple A12 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2018. The Apple A12 Bionic scores 1,116 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 2,731 points.

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Apple A12 Bionic. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Apple A12 Bionic.

Name:
Apple A12 Bionic

Family:
Apple A series

CPU group:
Apple A12/A12X/A12Z

Segment:
Mobile

Generation:
12

Predecessor:
Apple A11 Bionic

Successor:
Apple A13 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A12 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A12 Bionic is 2.49

GHz

. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads:
6 / 6

Core architecture:
hybrid (big.LITTLE)

A-Core:
2x Vortex

B-Core:
4x Tempest

Hyperthreading / SMT:
No

Overclocking:
No

A-Core Frequency:
2.49

GHz

B-Core Frequency:
1.59

GHz

Internal Graphics

Apple A12, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system’s main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor’s die.

The Apple A12 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A12 Bionic uses the, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system’s main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor’s die.

GPU name:
Apple A12

GPU frequency:
1.13 GHz

GPU (Turbo):
No turbo

Execution units:
32

Shader:
256

Max. GPU Memory:
4 GB

Max. displays:
1

Generation:
9

Direct X:
—

Technology:
7 nm

Release date:
Q3/2018

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

h265 / HEVC (8 bit):
Decode / Encode

h265 / HEVC (10 bit):
Decode / Encode

h264:
Decode / Encode

VP8:
Decode / Encode

VP9:
Decode / Encode

AV1:
No

AVC:
Decode

VC-1:
Decode

JPEG:
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 4

GB

memory in 1

(Single Channel)

memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1

GB/s

. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type:
LPDDR4X-4266

Max. Memory:
4

GB

Memory channels:
1

(Single Channel)

Bandwidth:
34.1

GB/s

ECC:
No

PCIe:
—

AES-NI:
No

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 6

W

. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (

PL1

/

PBP

):
6

W

TDP (

PL2

):
—

TDP up:
—

TDP down:
—

Tjunction max.:
—

Technical details

The Apple A12 Bionic is made in 7

nm

. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 8.00

MB

cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor’s speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:
7

nm

Chip design:
Chiplet

Socket:
—

L2-Cache:
8.00

MB

L3-Cache:
—

Architecture:
A12

Operating systems:
iOS

Virtualization:
None

Instruction set (ISA):
ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)

ISA extensions:

Release date:
Q3/2018

Release price:
—

Part Number:
—

Documents:
—

Apple A12 Bionic

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GHz

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Benchmarks

The Apple A12 Bionic processor commissioned by Apple is manufactured by the Taiwanese company TSMC using the 7-nanometer FinFET process. It was first installed in the iPhone XR and iPhone XS, which were launched in the third quarter of 2018. In 2019 it was also installed in the new third-generation iPad Air and in the fifth-generation iPad Mini. The Apple A14 Bionic came onto the market in 2020, but the 8th generation standard iPad was then given the Apple A12 Bionic again.

The Apple A12 Bionic consists of 2 high-performance cores (Vortex) and 4 efficiency cores (Tempest). The Vortex cores clock at up to 2.49 gigahertz and the Tempest cores at up to 1.59 gigahertz. Due to the hybrid processor design, the Apple A12 Bionic is very efficient, since the built-in high-performance cores are only used for really computing-intensive tasks. The six cores of the Apple A12 Bionic cannot be overclocked, nor does the processor have hyperthreading.

The Apple A12 Bionics own graphics are made up of 32 execution units and 256 shaders. Like the processor, it is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers, has a fixed clock rate of 1.13 gigahertz and thus achieves an FP32 computing power (single precision) of 576 gigaFLOPS.

LPDDR4X-4266 type RAM is installed in the Apple A12 Bionic. In the Apple A12 Bionic, this main memory achieves a maximum bandwidth of 34.1 gigabits per second. the maximum size of the RAM with which the Apple A12 Bionic is equipped is 4 gigabytes and is used in the iPhone XS.

In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Apple A12 Bionic achieves a single-core value of 1116 points and a multi-core value of 2731 points.

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The Apple A12 Bionic processor commissioned by Apple is manufactured by the Taiwanese company TSMC using the 7-nanometer FinFET process. It was first installed in the iPhone XR and iPhone XS, which were launched in the third quarter of 2018. In 2019 it was also installed in the new third-generation iPad Air and in the fifth-generation iPad Mini. The Apple A14 Bionic came onto the market in 2020, but the 8th generation standard iPad was then given the Apple A12 Bionic again.The Apple A12 Bionic consists of 2 high-performance cores (Vortex) and 4 efficiency cores (Tempest). The Vortex cores clock at up to 2.49 gigahertz and the Tempest cores at up to 1.59 gigahertz. Due to the hybrid processor design, the Apple A12 Bionic is very efficient, since the built-in high-performance cores are only used for really computing-intensive tasks. The six cores of the Apple A12 Bionic cannot be overclocked, nor does the processor have hyperthreading.The Apple A12 Bionics own graphics are made up of 32 execution units and 256 shaders. Like the processor, it is manufactured with a structure width of 7 nanometers, has a fixed clock rate of 1.13 gigahertz and thus achieves an FP32 computing power (single precision) of 576 gigaFLOPS.LPDDR4X-4266 type RAM is installed in the Apple A12 Bionic. In the Apple A12 Bionic, this main memory achieves a maximum bandwidth of 34.1 gigabits per second. the maximum size of the RAM with which the Apple A12 Bionic is equipped is 4 gigabytes and is used in the iPhone XS.In the Geekbench 5 benchmark, the Apple A12 Bionic achieves a single-core value of 1116 points and a multi-core value of 2731 points.On our partner site www.check-mac.com you will find an overview of all Apple devices with the Apple A12 Bionic: www.check-mac.com/de/cpu-apple_a12_bionic In our leaderboards, we have clearly compiled the best processors for specific categories for you. The leaderboards are always up to date and are regularly updated by us. The best processors are selected according to popularity and speed in benchmarks as well as the price-performance ratio.