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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU) vs Apple A12X Bionic

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Rank 2 - 56 %
Apple A12X Bionic
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Rank 2 - 42 %
Apple A12X Bionic
Cinebench R23 Single-Core

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
1,695 pts
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
991 pts
Cinebench R23 Multi-Core

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
12,125 pts
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,539 pts
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
2,689
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,341
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
12,084
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,745
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
1,874
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
1,124
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 3.50 GHz
12,224
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
4,718
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (16 Core)
5,680
Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X
1,008
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz
5.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
FamilyApple M series (38)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupApple M2 (8)Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)
ArchitectureM2A12
Technology5 nm7 nm
SegmentNotebookSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)Apple A10X Fusion
SuccessorApple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
CPU Cores / Threads10 / 108 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 6x Avalanche
0.66 - 3.50 GHz
4x Vortex
2.49 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Blizzard
0.60 - 2.42 GHz
4x Tempest
1.59 GHz
L2-Cache28.00 MB8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
GPU nameApple M2 Pro (16 Core)Apple A12X
GPU frequency0.45 - 1.40 GHz1.13 GHz
CUs / Shader256 / 204828 / 448
Raytracing
Max. displays31
Max. GPU Memory32 GB6 GB
Technology5 nm7 nm
Release dateQ1/2023Q3/2018

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineApple Neural Engine
AI specifications16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
MemoryLPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory32 GB6 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoNo
PCIe4.0
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
TDP30 W15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

Wischen
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)Apple A12X Bionic
Chip designMonolithicChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsmacOS, iPadOSiOS
Instruction setArmv8.5-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensionsRosetta 2 x86-Emulation
Release dateQ1/2023Q3/2018
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
Apple M2 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz
Apple A12X Bionic
Apple A12X Bionic
8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

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