Apple A12 Bionic
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Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12X Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q3/2018
Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic
Released
Q3/2018
Overall score
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Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic

What's the best choice Apple A12 Bionic or Apple A12X Bionic? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Apple A12 Bionic has a maximum frequency of 1.59 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 6 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Apple A12X Bionic has a maximum frequency of 1.59 GHz. 8 Cores. Power consumption of 15 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Differences

Apple A12 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A12 Bionic
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    870 left arrow score
  • Performance per watt

    times less performance per watt

    6 W left arrow 15 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A12 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    432 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    833 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    578 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    31 place
Apple A12X Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A12X Bionic
Report a bug
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    554 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    About 1.33 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A12X Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    416 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    549 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    264 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    3 place

Specifications

Technical data
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12X Bionic
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Family
    Apple A series left arrow Apple A series
  • Generation
    12 left arrow 12
  • CPU group
    Apple A12/A12X/A12Z left arrow Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
  • Predecessor
    Apple A11 Bionic left arrow Apple A10X Fusion
  • Successor
    Apple A13 Bionic left arrow --
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    1.59 GHz left arrow 1.59 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    6 left arrow 8
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    2.49 GHz left arrow 2.49 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    6 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    No left arrow No
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
  • Core architecture
    hybrid (big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • A core
    2x Vortex left arrow 4x Vortex
  • B core
    4x Tempest left arrow 4x Tempest
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    Apple A12 left arrow Apple A12X
  • GPU frequency
    1.59 GHz left arrow 1.59 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    2.49 GHz left arrow 2.49 GHz
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 7
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 6 GB
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    9 left arrow 9
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    Q3/2018 left arrow Q3/2018
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A12X Bionic and Apple A12 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-4266 left arrow LPDDR4X-4266
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
  • Memory channels
    1 left arrow 2
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A12X Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    6 W left arrow 15 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A12 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • L2-Cache
    8.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • Architecture
    A12 left arrow A12
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q3/2018 left arrow Q3/2018

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A12X Bionic.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
1108
Apple A12 Bionic
1124
Apple A12X Bionic
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2543
Apple A12 Bionic
4718
Apple A12X Bionic
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
488
Apple A12 Bionic
968
Apple A12X Bionic
AnTuTu 8 benchmark
The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark tests ARM processors by simulating browser and application performance for Android, iOS, AI, SoC
425605
Apple A12 Bionic
713640
Apple A12X Bionic

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