Mobile processor comparison

Apple A10 Fusion vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

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CPU A

Apple A10 Fusion

4 cores 2340 MHz 16 nanometers PowerVR GT7600

CPU B

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 42

Different values 33

Quick factual highlights

Apple A10 Fusion No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Apple A12 Bionic

More CPU cores
Higher maximum CPU clock
Smaller manufacturing process
Higher listed GPU clock
Higher listed download speed

CPU

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture	2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr	2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores	4	6
Clock speed	2340 MHz	2490 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8-A	ARMv8.3-A
Process technology	16 nanometers	7 nanometers
Transistors	3.3 billion	6.9 billion
TDP	5 W	6 W

Cache and memory

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache	64 KB	128 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	8 MB
L3 cache	4 MB	Not available
Memory type	LPDDR4	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	Not available	2133 MHz
Memory bus	Not available	1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	Not available	34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory	3 GB	12 GB

Graphics and AI

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
GPU	PowerVR GT7600	Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture	Rogue	Not available
GPU clock	900 MHz	1125 MHz
Execution units	6	32
Shaders	196	256
FLOPS	115 Gigaflops	560 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.0	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.0
DirectX	12	12
Neural processor / NPU	No	Yes

Display and media

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	2048 x 1536	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	2x 12MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG	H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV	AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
4G	LTE Cat. 12	LTE Cat. 18
5G	No	No
Download speed	Up to 600 Mbps	Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 100 Mbps	Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi	5	5
Bluetooth	4.2	5.0
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

Specification	Apple A10 Fusion	Apple A12 Bionic
Release	September 2016	September 2018
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	Not available	APL1W81
Storage support	NVMe	NVMe

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