Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A10 Fusion

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

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CPU A

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

CPU B

Apple A10 Fusion

4 cores 2340 MHz 16 nanometers PowerVR GT7600

Compared fields 42

Different values 33

Quick factual highlights

Apple A12 Bionic

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

Apple A10 Fusion No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

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

Connectivity

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

General

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

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