Mobile processor comparison

Apple A11 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

Compared fields 40
Different values 26
Quick factual highlights
Apple A11 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple A12 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 6 6
Clock speed 2390 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 4.3 billion 6.9 billion
TDP 8 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple A12 Bionic
L1 cache 64 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 14.9 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 3 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple A12 Bionic
GPU Apple GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU clock Not available 1125 MHz
Execution units 3 32
Shaders Not available 256
FLOPS 325 Gigaflops 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2436 x 1125 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 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, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple 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 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A11 BionicApple A12 Bionic
Release September 2017 September 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W72 APL1W81
Storage support NVMe NVMe
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A11 Bionic

4G
Apple iPhone X
Apple

Apple iPhone X

3.5
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors 1125 × 2436 pixels (5.80 in…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2716 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 8 Plus

3.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (5.50 i…
RAM
3 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 2675 mAh
4G
Apple iPhone 8
Apple

Apple iPhone 8

3.5
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors 750 × 1334 pixels (4.70…
RAM
2 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 1821 mAh

Apple A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.