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Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 61 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 19 %
Apple A12Z Bionic
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
1,534 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
24,189 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,351
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
2,397
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,798
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
23,970
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
1,793
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 3.20 GHz
24,055
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z
1,152
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (48 Core)
15,900
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
5.0 TOPS
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 GHz
22.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
FamilyApple A series (27)Apple M series (38)
CPU groupApple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)Apple M1 (9)
ArchitectureA12M1
Technology7 nm5 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletNotebook
Socket
PredecessorApple A10X Fusion
SuccessorApple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
CPU Cores / Threads8 / 820 / 20
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
16x Firestorm
0.60 - 3.20 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
4x Icestorm
0.60 - 2.06 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB52.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
GPU nameApple A12ZApple M1 Ultra (48 Core)
GPU frequency1.13 GHz0.39 - 1.30 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 512768 / 6144
Raytracing
Max. displays15
Max. GPU Memory6 GB64 GB
Technology7 nm5 nm
Release dateQ1/2020Q1/2022

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS32 Neural cores @ 22 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
LPDDR5-6400 (819.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory6 GB128 GB
Memory channels28
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
TDP15 W60 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up120 W
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A12Z BionicApple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Chip designChipletMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSmacOS
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8.5-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2020Q1/2022
Release price
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Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
Apple M1 Ultra (48-GPU)
20C / 20T · 0.60 - 3.20 GHz

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