Apple M1 vs. Apple A14 Bionic
CPU comparison with benchmarks
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| Apple M1 | Apple A14 Bionic | |
| Apple M series | Family | Apple A series |
| Apple M1 | CPU group | Apple A14 |
| 1 | Generation | 14 |
| M1 | Architecture | A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) |
| Mobile | Segment | Mobile |
| -- | Predecessor | Apple A13 Bionic |
| -- | Successor | Apple A15 Bionic |
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| 8 | Cores | 6 |
| 8 | Threads | 6 |
| 3.20 GHz | Frequency | 3.00 GHz |
| Turbo (1 Core) | ||
| Turbo (All Cores) | ||
| hybrid (big.LITTLE) | Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| No | Hyperthreading | No |
| No | Overclocking ? | No |
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| Apple M1 (8 Core) | GPU | Apple A14 |
| 3.20 GHz | GPU frequency | 1.80 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo) | 3.01 GHz | |
| 1 | GPU Generation | 11 |
| 5 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| 2 | Max. displays | 3 |
| 128 | Execution units | 4 |
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| 8 GB | Max. GPU Memory | 8 GB |
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| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec h264 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec VP9 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec VP8 | Decode / Encode |
| Decode | Codec AV1 | Decode |
| Decode | Codec AVC | Decode |
| Decode | Codec VC-1 | Decode |
| Decode / Encode | Codec JPEG | Decode / Encode |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
Internal Graphics
Hardware codec support
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| LPDDR4X-4266 | Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 |
| 16 GB | Max. Memory | 6 GB |
| 2 | Memory channels | 2 |
| No | ECC | No |
| 16.00 MB | L2 Cache | 4.00 MB |
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| 4.0 | PCIe version | |
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| 15 W | TDP (PL1) | 7 W |
| -- | TDP (PL2) | -- |
| 20 W | TDP up | -- |
| 10 W | TDP down | -- |
| -- | Tjunction max. | -- |
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| 5 nm | Technology | 5 nm |
| ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) | Instruction set (ISA) | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation | ISA extensions | |
| N/A | Socket | N/A |
| None | Virtualization | None |
| Yes | AES-NI | No |
| Q4/2020 | Release date | Q3/2020 |
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Memory & PCIe
Thermal Management
Technical detailsCinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
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Apple M1
8x 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6x 3.00 GHz |
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Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.|
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Apple M1
8x 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6x 3.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Apple M1
8x 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6x 3.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Apple M1
8x 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6x 3.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Apple M1
Apple M1 (8 Core) @ 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 @ 3.01 GHz |
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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.
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Apple M1
8x 3.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6x 3.00 GHz |
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Devices using this processorAlready in recent years, the high performance of ARM processors was evident. For some time you can already serve the everyday tasks easily.
In the in-house Apple world, the self-made processors then play their full strength and let the competitors not really look old.
The Apple M1 is the first in-house arm processor for use in mobile devices like notebooks. Due to the enormous performance, however, Apple also uses in desktop solutions such as Mac Mini.
The Apple M1 has a maximum clock of 3.2 GHz and has 8 cores. It is manufactured in 5nm and provides support for up to 16 GB LPDDR4x-4266 memory.
Its great strength is undoubtedly the integrated graphics solution. Using this, the Apple M1 is possible to easily accomplish complex arithmetic operations.
The Apple A14 Bionic is the conceptioned counterpart for the Apple M1 for the exclusively mobile use.
Like the M1, the A14 is also manufactured in 5nm and supports the same amount of memory. With 6W TDP (PL1) the power consumption but only almost half (the M1 has indicated 15W).
This also shows itself in performance should not be surprising on the basis of these clear differences.
The benchmark results clearly show the strength of the Apple M1 opposite its mobile brother to Apple A14 Bionic.
While the results are close to each other in the Geekbench 5 in the singel-core (M1 1,744 vs. A14 1.592), they can hardly be different in the multi-core test.
Here, the M1 beats the A14 significantly by almost 50% (M1 7,676 vs. A14 4.112).
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