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Apple A12X Bionic
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Apple A12X Bionic
Brand: Apple
Rating: 4.2 (81 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-06-02

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Apple A12X Bionic, an impressive mobile processor, set real standards at the time. It was manufactured using a state-of-the-art 7-nanometer process. This was a real step forward at the time and enabled considerable performance with high energy efficiency. The underlying A12 architecture contributed significantly to the smooth execution of demanding applications.

The integrated Apple A12X graphics unit is particularly noteworthy. It delivered outstanding graphics performance for a mobile device. This meant that even complex visual tasks could be handled easily. With a maximum memory bandwidth of 68 GB/s, this chip processed data remarkably quickly. The 8 MB Level 2 cache also supported fast data availability.

Even after a few years, the Apple A12X Bionic still offers a very solid working basis. Many users appreciate how reliably this processor continues to perform its services. We noticed that it still masters many tasks with ease today. It is a good example of the longevity that one knows from Apple products.

Advanced 7-nm Manufacturing
Powerful integrated Apple A12X graphics
High Energy Efficiency
Solid overall performance

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 9 / 90
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Multi-core performance

Rank 6 / 91
In segment Smartphone / Tablet

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

991 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

605 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

579 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

4,539 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,571 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

3,286 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 2.85 GHz

1,426

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

1,351

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

1,341

8C / 8T · 2.90 GHz

1,334

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,322

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.36 GHz

5,163

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

4,798

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

4,745

6C / 6T · 3.00 GHz

4,689

8C / 8T · 3.35 GHz

4,679

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

8C / 8T · 2.91 GHz

1,220

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

1,182

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

1,124

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

1,123

6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz

1,116

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

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

4,777

6C / 6T · 3.23 GHz

4,777

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

4,718

8C / 8T · 3.20 GHz

4,645

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

4,507

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Adreno 640

1,037

Qualcomm Adreno 640

1,037

Apple A12X

1,008

ARM Mali-G77 MP9

979

ARM Mali-G77 MP9

979

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

717,401 pts

8C / 8T · 2.84 GHz

715,600 pts

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

713,640 pts

8C / 8T · 3.00 GHz

708,964 pts

8C / 8T · 2.80 GHz

688,300 pts

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 2.30 GHz

5.5 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz

5.5 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.49 GHz

5.0 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

4.5 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.60 GHz

4.5 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Apple A series (27)
CPU group	Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3)
Architecture	A12
Technology	7 nm
Segment	Smartphone / Tablet
Socket
Generation	12
Predecessor	Apple A10X Fusion Q2/2017
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Vortex 2.49 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Tempest 1.59 GHz
L2-Cache	8.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking	No

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Apple A12X
GPU frequency	1.13 GHz
CUs / Shader	28 / 448
Raytracing	✗
Max. displays	1
Max. GPU Memory	6 GB
Technology	7 nm
Release date	Q3/2018

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications	8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
LPDDR4X-4266	68.2 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	6 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✗
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	15 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Chiplet
AES-NI	✗
Operating systems	iOS
Instruction set	Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date	Q3/2018
Release price
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User Reviews

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