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Apple A12 Bionic

Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic is a SmartPhone Flagship platform from Apple. It began to be released in September 2018. The SoC has 6 cores produced using 7 nm technology. And it also has a maximum frequency of 2490 MHz. Its characteristics, as well as benchmark results, are presented in more detail below.
Top SOC: 87

Basic

Label Name
Apple
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Launch Date
September 2018
Manufacturing
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W81
Architecture
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Cores
6
Technology
7 nm
Frequency
2490 MHz
Transistor count
6.9
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple A12 GPU
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
FLOPS
0.576 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
Shading units
64
OpenCL version
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
No
Bluetooth
5.0
Wi-Fi
5
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
8 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Storage type
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
TDP
6 W

AnTuTu 10

Score
701523

Performance

CPU
Score
181556
GPU
Score
144803
Memory
Score
145386
UX
Score
229778
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Geekbench 6

Single Core
1301
Multi Core
2843

Geekbench 5

Single Core
1102
Multi Core
2449

FP32 (float)

594

Compared to Other SoC

38%
40%
68%
Better then 38% SOC over the past year
Better then 40% SOC over the past 3 years
Better then 68% SOC

SiliconCat Rating

87
Ranks 87 among all SOC on our website
Geekbench 6 Single Core
M5 iPad
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4217
Dimensity 8550
MediaTek, May 2026
1611
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
1301
Dimensity 6300
MediaTek, April 2024
829
Helio G88
MediaTek, June 2021
427
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Dimensity 9500
MediaTek, September 2025
10978
A13 Bionic
Apple, September 2019
4168
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
2843
Snapdragon 6s 4G Gen 2
Qualcomm, December 2025
1989
Helio G70
MediaTek, January 2020
1347
Geekbench 5 Single Core
M2 iPad
Apple, June 2022
1854
A13 Bionic
Apple, September 2019
1298
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
1102
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm, December 2021
623
Tensor G2
Google, October 2022
584
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
M2 iPad
Apple, June 2022
8464
A12X Bionic
Apple, October 2018
4088
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
2449
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm, December 2021
2142
Tensor G2
Google, October 2022
1783
FP32 (float)
Kirin 8020
HiSilicon, May 2025
1703
Dimensity 1000 Plus
MediaTek, May 2020
1009
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
594
Snapdragon 732G
Qualcomm, August 2020
410
Dimensity 7020
MediaTek, May 2023
257
AnTuTu 10
Kirin 9030 Pro
HiSilicon, November 2025
1750729
Kirin 9010
HiSilicon, April 2024
949012
A12 Bionic
Apple, September 2018
701523
Dimensity 1050
MediaTek, May 2022
503455
Dimensity 6020
MediaTek, March 2023
400023