Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple A17 Pro
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Apple
Launch Date
March 2020
September 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
APL1V02
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Cores
8
6
Technology
7 nm
3 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3780 MHz
Transistor count
10
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Instruction set
ARMv8-A
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GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Apple A17 GPU
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
1398 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
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FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
-
5G support
No
-
Bluetooth
5.0
-
Wi-Fi
5
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
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Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
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Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
16 MB
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
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Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
-
Storage type
NVMe
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Video codecs
H.264
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Video playback
4K at 60FPS
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Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
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TDP
15 W
8 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
Apple A17 Pro
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (March 2020 vs September 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Apple A17 Pro
+125%
2977
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
4642
Apple A17 Pro
+61%
7476
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Apple A17 Pro
+102%
2167
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
7
Ranks 7 among all SOC on our website
Apple A17 Pro
