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Apple A12 Bionic

Manufacturing Process
7nm
CPU Cores
6 cores
Instruction Set
ARMv8.3-A
Memory Type
LPDDR4X (2133MHz)
GPU
Apple A12 GPU

ℹ️ Basic Information

SOC Name Apple A12 Bionic
Brand Apple
Announcement Date 12 September 2018
Class Flagship
Manufacturing Process 7nm
Manufacturing TSMC

⚡ CPU Specifications

CPU Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
CPU Cores 6 Core
CPU Frequency 2490MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A

🧠 Cache & NPU

Cache 8 MB
Cache Level L2
SLC 8mb
NPU Neural Engine

💾 Memory

Memory Type LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133MHz
Memory Bus 4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s
Max Memory Size 4 GB

🎮 GPU

GPU Apple A12 GPU
GPU Architecture Apple Bionic GPU
Pipelines 4 Pipeline
Shading Units 64 Unit
Total Shaders 256 Unit
Vulkan Version Version 1.1
OpenCL Version Version 2.0
DirectX Version Version 12

💿 Storage & Display

Max Display Resolution 2688 x 1242
Max Camera Resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP

🎵 Video & Audio

Video Capture 4K at 60FPS
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio Codecs AAC, AAC-LC, Apple Lossless, HE-AAC, HE-AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX, MP3

📶 Connectivity

WiFi Wifi 5
Bluetooth Bluetooth 5.0

🛰️ Navigation Systems

GPS Yes
GLONASS Yes
Beidou Yes
Galileo Yes
QZSS No
NAVIC No

📊 Benchmark Scores

AnTuTu 10 711,467

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✅ Positive Aspects

1. Performance

The A12 Bionic delivers strong single and multi-core performance, often outperforming many older flagship SoCs of its generation, with efficient balance between performance and power consumption. 1

2. AI Capability

Integrated Neural Engine boosts on-device machine learning tasks, making features like real-time image processing and AI-driven workloads faster. 2

3. Efficiency and Optimization

Thanks to its 7nm process and Apple’s tight hardware-software integration, the A12 Bionic offers superior battery efficiency and thermal performance compared to its predecessors. 3

❌ Negative Aspects

1. 5G Support Limitations

The A12 Bionic does not support 5G connectivity, limiting future network capabilities. 4

2. Storage and RAM Constraints

With maximum memory size capped at 4 GB and storage type fixed to NVMe, the A12 might lag behind newer SoCs in handling extremely heavy multitasking or future-proof workloads. 5

Device information for this processor will be available soon. We are working on collecting data about smartphones and tablets that use the Apple A12 Bionic.