Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 2100
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Samsung Exynos 2100 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Samsung
Launch Date
March 2020
December 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1083
S5E9840
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X1
3x 2.81 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A55
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2900 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Mali-G78 MP14
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
854 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.5304 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
14
Shading units
512
64
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.3
DirectX version
12
12
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
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
-
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 200MP, 2x 32MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Yes
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)
Exynos 2100
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2900 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2900 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2020 (March 2020 vs December 2020)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Exynos 2100
+11%
1474
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+39%
4642
Exynos 2100
3334
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Exynos 2100
+41%
1514
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
44
Ranks 44 among all SOC on our website
Exynos 2100
