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

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

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

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Vortex 2x Everest
• B-Core
  4x Tempest 4x Sawtooth
• Base Frequency
  1.59 GHz -
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.49 GHz -
• A-Core Frequency
  - 3.46 GHz
• B-Core Frequency
  - 2.02 GHz

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

• Execution units
  7 160
• Generation
  9 13
• GPU Frequency
  1590 MHz 700 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A12X Apple A16 (5 GPU Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  2490 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 8 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2022
• Shader
  0 1280
• Technology
  7 nm 4 nm

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

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

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

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12X Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 8.5 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12X Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A12 A16
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 20 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 24 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2022
• Technology
  7 nm 4 nm
• Virtualization
  None None
• Chip design
  - Chiplet
• Operating systems
  - iOS