Apple A12X Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  12 16
• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Apple A16
• Predecessor
  Apple A10X Fusion Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU)

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.

• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)

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 A12X Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  1.59 GHz 0.70 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.49 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  7 160
• Shader
  0 1280
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Generation
  9 13
• Technology
  7 nm 4 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2022

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A16 Bionic and Apple A12X Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-6400
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1 (Single Channel)

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12X Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 8.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12X Bionic and Apple A12X Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 20.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 24.00 MB
• Architecture
  A12 A16
• Technology
  7 nm 4 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2022