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Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A8
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Apple A8
32 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Apple A8
25 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Apple A8
29 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
Apple A8
22 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
Apple A12
Apple A8
24 %
Apple A8
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Apple A series (27) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Apple A8/A8X (2) |
| Architecture | A12 | A8 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 20 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A11 Bionic | Apple A7 |
| Successor | Apple A13 Bionic | Apple A9 |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 2 / 2 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | normal |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
2x Typhoon 1.50 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
|
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | 1.00 MB |
| L3-Cache | 4.00 MB | |
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12 | Apple A8 |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.53 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | 16 / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 1 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 20 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q3/2014 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 1 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 1 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A8 |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | iOS |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q3/2014 |
| Release price | ||
| Documents |
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Your rating
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