Apple A14 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Apple A14 Bionic has 6 cores with 6 threads and is based on the 14. gen of the Apple A series series. The processor was released in Q3/2020. The Apple A14 Bionic scores 1,590 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 4,247 points.
| Name: | Apple A14 Bionic |
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| Family: | Apple A series |
| CPU group: | Apple A14 |
| Architecture: | A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm) |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 14 |
| Predecessor: | Apple A13 Bionic |
| Successor: | Apple A15 Bionic (5-GPU) |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Apple A14 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Apple A14 Bionic is 3.00 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 6 / 6 |
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| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 2x Firestorm |
| B-Core: | 4x Icestorm |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | No |
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| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 3.00 GHz |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.82 GHz |
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.
| AI hardware: | Apple Neural Engine |
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| AI specifications: | 16 Neural cores @ 11 TOPS |
Internal Graphics
The Apple A14 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A14 Bionic uses the Apple A14, which has 256 texture shaders and 16 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
| GPU name: | Apple A14 |
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| GPU frequency: | 1.46 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | No turbo |
| Compute units: | 16 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 6 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
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| Generation: | 11 |
| Direct X: | -- |
| Technology: | 5 nm |
| Release date: | Q3/2020 |
Hardware codec support
A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
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| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | No |
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| AVC: | Decode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe processor can use up to 6 GB memory in 1 (Single Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 34.1 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system. |
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| Memory type: | Memory bandwidth: |
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| LPDDR4X-4266 | 34.1 GB/s |
| Max. Memory: | 6 GB |
| Memory channels: | 1 (Single Channel) |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | |
| PCIe Bandwidth: | -- |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 7.25 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 7.25 W |
| TDP (PL2): | -- |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | -- |
Technical details
The Apple A14 Bionic is made in 5 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 28.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.
| Technology: | 5 nm |
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| Chip design: | Chiplet |
| Socket: | -- |
| L2-Cache: | 12.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 16.00 MB |
| AES-NI: | No |
| Operating systems: | iOS |
| Virtualization: | None |
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| Instruction set (ISA): | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | -- |
| Release date: | Q3/2020 |
| Release price: | -- |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | -- |
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Apple A14 Bionic have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
Screenshots:
Screenshots:
- Geekbench 5.4.4 on Apple iPad Air 2020 (4th Gen) 10.9-inch, iOS 15.2
- Antutu 9.0.7 on Apple iPad Air 2020 (4th Gen) 10.9-inch, iOS 15.2
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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Intel Core i3-12100E
4C 8T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1270P
12C 16T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700T
12C 20T @ 4.70 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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AMD Ryzen 3 4100
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10310U
4C 8T @ 1.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon D-1531
6C 12T @ 2.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 4300G
4C 8T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
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AMD Ryzen 7 5800
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E-2336
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 4.40 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 2400
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Xeon E-2314
4C 4T @ 4.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1195G7
4C 8T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.|
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Intel Core i5-1145G7E
4C 8T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 5300GE
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE
4C 8T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4790K
4C 8T @ 4.20 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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Intel Core i7-4558U
Intel Iris Graphics 5100 @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4750HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-4850HQ
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.20 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 @ 1.46 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-14400
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i7-12650HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12800HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.45 GHz |
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AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
The AnTuTu 9 benchmark is very well suited to measuring the performance of a smartphone. AnTuTu 9 is quite heavy on 3D graphics and can now also use the "Metal" graphics interface. In AnTuTu, memory and UX (user experience) are also tested by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu version 9 can compare any ARM CPU running on Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly comparable when benchmarked on different operating systems.In the AnTuTu 9 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The rating is made up of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the working memory, and the performance of the internal graphics.
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Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz |
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Google Tensor G2
8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz |
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Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
8C 8T @ 3.20 GHz |
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Samsung Exynos 2100
8C 8T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
8C 8T @ 3.10 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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MediaTek Dimensity 1300
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz |
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HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C 8T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+
8C 8T @ 3.10 GHz |
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Google Tensor
8C 8T @ 1.80 GHz |
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Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.|
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Intel Core i5-8600T
6C 6T @ 3.20 GHz |
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AMD EPYC Embedded 3201
8C 8T @ 1.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-2123
4C 8T @ 3.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-1180G7
4C 8T @ 3.60 GHz |
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Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. The performance is given in the number (trillions) of arithmetic operations per second (TOPS).|
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G+
8C 8T @ 2.50 GHz |
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
8C 8T @ 2.40 GHz |
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Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C 8T @ 0.60 GHz |
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Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz |
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Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 0.60 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,429 entries
2,429 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,403 entries
2,403 entries
Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,688 entries
1,688 entries
Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,638 entries
1,638 entries
FP32 SP (iGPU)
1,943 entries
1,943 entries
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
87 entries
87 entries
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark
118 entries
118 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
2,334 entries
2,334 entries
AI / ML Performance
94 entries
94 entries
Description of the processor
The Apple A14 Bionic is a 6-core mobile processor from Apple based on a customized ARMv8 design. It supports 64-bit applications and has a hybrid core layout (big.Little). This consists of two performance cores (Icestorm) that clock at up to 3.1 GHz. This clock rate is very high for a smartphone or tablet processor and is due to the fact that Apple could already use the fine 5 nm manufacturing technology from TSMC for the A14. Apple is thus one of the first manufacturers to deliver chips in 5 nm.The two performance cores are extended by 4 efficiency cores (Firestorm) in the Apple A14, which work with a clock frequency of 1.8 GHz and are therefore very energy-saving. The lower the clock frequency, the better the wattage-to-power ratio of a processor.
Even though Apple does not publish TDP values of its processors, the A14 is most likely to be in the 6-watt TDP class. The iGPU of the Apple A14 has 4 GPU cores, which allow for a performance increase of about 15-20% compared to the A13 processor introduced last year. It is assumed that it is the same GPU architecture, but with slightly higher clock frequencies due to the 5 nm manufacturing.
For the first time, the Apple A14 processor can handle LPDDR5 working memory. These are manufactured by Samsung and are supposed to fulfill the LPDDR5-5500 specification. Samsung already uses the same modules in its own smartphones. An 8 MB cache as well as a built-in AI accelerator (16 cores) should make it possible to execute very complex calculations almost in real time on the A14. Among others, applications for video and photo editing benefit from this.
The iPad Air 2020 (4th generation) may be the first product to rely on the Apple A14. The chip will also be used in the 2020 iPhones (Apple iPhone 12 and Apple iPhone 12 Pro).
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