Apple M1 (7-GPU) vs Apple A12Z Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  Apple M series Apple A series
• CPU group
  Apple M1 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Generation
  1 12
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A10X Fusion

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.

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

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 M1 (7 Core) Apple A12Z
• GPU frequency
  1.30 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  112 8
• Shader
  896 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  8 GB 6 GB
• Max. displays
  2 2
• Generation
  1 9
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2020

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
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  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 A12Z Bionic and Apple M1 (7-GPU). Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2
• ECC
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M1 (7-GPU) and Apple A12Z Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 15 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M1 (7-GPU) and Apple M1 (7-GPU), virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  M1 A12
• Virtualization
  Apple Virtualization Framework None
• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• Release date
  Q4/2020 Q1/2020
• Part Number
  APL 1102 --