Apple A12Z Bionic - CPU Specs

Specifications Benchmarks Synonyms

Specifications

Technical data

Legacy catalog specifications; the original verification date is not recorded.

CPU generation and family

CPU group
Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
Family
Apple A series
Generation
12
Name
Apple A12Z Bionic
Predecessor
Apple A10X Fusion
Segment
Mobile
Successor
—

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

A-Core
4x Vortex
B-Core
4x Tempest
Base Frequency
1.59 GHz
C-Core
—
Core architecture
hybrid (big.LITTLE)
CPU Cores
8
CPU Threads
8
Hyperthreading / SMT
No
Overclocking
No
Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
2.49 GHz
Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
2.49 GHz

Internal Graphics

DirectX Version
—
Execution units
8
Generation
9
GPU Frequency
1590 MHz
GPU name
Apple A12Z
GPU Turbo
2490 MHz
Max. displays
2
Max. GPU Memory
6 GB
Release date
Q1/2020
Shader
0
Technology
7 nm

Hardware codec support

AV1
No
H.264 / AVC
Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
Decode / Encode
JPEG
Decode / Encode
VC-1
Decode
VP8
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

ECC
No
Max. Memory
16 GB
Memory channels
2
Memory type
LPDDR4X-4266
PCIe lanes
—
PCIe version
—

Encryption

AES-NI
No

Thermal Management

Maximum Operating Temperature
—
TDP (PL1, legacy label)
15 W
TDP (PL2)
—
TDP down
—
TDP up
—

Technical details

Architecture
A12
Instruction set (ISA)
x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions
—
L2-Cache
8.00 MB
L3-Cache
—
Part Number
—
Release date
Q1/2020
Socket
—
Technology
7 nm
Virtualization
None

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A12Z Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

261 place
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

244 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

308 place
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

387 place
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

268 place
AnTuTu 8 benchmark

1 place

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPU

Compare the scores of popular benchmarks Apple A12Z Bionic with other processors to understand the real speed of the CPU when processing content.

Tests include mathematical calculations, creation of 3D models, cryptocurrency mining, tests in single and multi-core modes.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 SC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows uses one CPU core, with no hypetrading

Higher values are better in this metric.

991

Apple A12Z Bionic

997

Intel Core i5-1030G4

996

AMD Epyc 7702

All the benchmark results

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Maxon's Cinebench R23 MC is a cross-platform test suite for macOs and Windows using a multi-core and hyperthreading

Higher values are better in this metric.

4539

Apple A12Z Bionic

4601

Intel Core i7-5775C

4593

Intel Core i7-4770K

All the benchmark results

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

1124

Apple A12Z Bionic

1132

Intel Core i5-8600

1127

Intel Core i9-9880H

All the benchmark results

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

Higher values are better in this metric.

4718

Apple A12Z Bionic

4736

Intel Core i5-9500

4731

Intel Xeon Silver 4108

All the benchmark results

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

1106 GFLOPS

Apple A12Z Bionic

1126 GFLOPS

AMD Ryzen 3 2200G

1126 GFLOPS

AMD Ryzen 5 2500U

All the benchmark results

AnTuTu 8 benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark tests ARM processors by simulating browser and application performance for Android, iOS, AI, SoC

Higher values are better in this metric.

717401

Apple A12Z Bionic

715600

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

713640

Apple A12X Bionic

Synonyms

Nearby models in the composite benchmark index.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted. Index 0–100: equal-weight mean of each score relative to the best saved score among models with both tests. Tests: Cinebench R23 Multi-Core + Geekbench 5 Multi-Core. This index does not predict performance in every workload.