Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 8895

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Apple A12 Bionic CPU1 vs CPU2 Samsung Exynos 8895
Apple A12 Bionic Samsung Exynos 8895

CPU comparison

Apple A12 Bionic or Samsung Exynos 8895 - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Apple A12 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.49 GHz. Up to 4 GB of memory is supported in 1 memory channels. The Apple A12 Bionic was released in Q3/2018.

The Samsung Exynos 8895 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.30 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels. The Samsung Exynos 8895 was released in Q2/2017.
Apple A series (22) Family Samsung Exynos (46)
Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) CPU group Samsung Exynos 8895 (1)
12 Generation 2
A12 Architecture Exynos M2 / Cortex-A53
Mobile Segment Mobile
Apple A11 Bionic Predecessor --
Apple A13 Bionic Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A12 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A12 Bionic is 2.49 GHz while the Samsung Exynos 8895 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Samsung Exynos 8895 is at 2.30 GHz.

Apple A12 Bionic Characteristic Samsung Exynos 8895
6 Cores 8
6 Threads 8
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
No Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.49 GHz
2x Vortex
A-Core 2.30 GHz
4x Exynos M2 (Mongoose)
1.59 GHz
4x Tempest
B-Core 1.70 GHz
4x Cortex-A53

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Apple A12 Bionic Characteristic Samsung Exynos 8895
Apple Neural Engine AI hardware --
8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Apple A12 Bionic or Samsung Exynos 8895 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Apple A12 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP20
1.13 GHz GPU frequency 0.90 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.90 GHz
9 GPU Generation Bifrost 1
7 nm Technology 16 nm
1 Max. displays 2
16 Compute units 20
256 Shader 320
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
4 GB Max. GPU Memory 2 GB
-- DirectX Version 11

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Apple A12 GPU ARM Mali-G71 MP20
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 No
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
No Codec AV1 No
Decode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 No
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Apple A12 Bionic can use up to 4 GB of memory in 1 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The Samsung Exynos 8895 supports up to GB of memory in 0 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to --.

Apple A12 Bionic Characteristic Samsung Exynos 8895
LPDDR4X-4266 Memory LPDDR4-1866
4 GB Max. Memory
1 (Single Channel) Memory channels 0
34.1 GB/s Max. Bandwidth --
No ECC No
8.00 MB L2 Cache 2.00 MB
-- L3 Cache --
-- PCIe version --
-- PCIe lanes --
-- PCIe Bandwidth --

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Apple A12 Bionic is 6 W, while the Samsung Exynos 8895 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Apple A12 Bionic Characteristic Samsung Exynos 8895
6 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) --
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
-- Tjunction max. --

Technical details

The Apple A12 Bionic is manufactured in 7 nm and has 8.00 MB cache. The Samsung Exynos 8895 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 2.00 MB cache.

Apple A12 Bionic Characteristic Samsung Exynos 8895
7 nm Technology 10 nm
Chiplet Chip design Unknown
Armv8-A (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) Armv8-A (64 bit)
-- ISA extensions --
-- Socket --
None Virtualization None
No AES-NI No
iOS Operating systems Android
Q3/2018 Release date Q2/2017
-- Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
⌀ Multi core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
1116 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
362 (32%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
2731 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1407 (52%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
1286 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
421 (33%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
2353 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
1367 (58%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 @ 1.13 GHz
576 (94%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
ARM Mali-G71 MP20 @ 0.90 GHz
612 (100%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
425605 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
175045 (41%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
4846 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
3073 (63%)

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
5 (100%)
Samsung Exynos 8895 Samsung Exynos 8895
8C 8T @ 2.30 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Apple A12 Bionic Samsung Exynos 8895
Apple iPhone XR
Apple iPhone XS
Apple iPhone XS Max
Apple iPad mini (5. Gen)
Apple iPad Air (3. Gen)
Unknown

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