CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A11 Bionic
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Apple A11 Bionic
6 cores 2390 MHz 10 nanometers Apple GPU
Compared fields
40
Different values
26
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
Apple A11 Bionic
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2.39 GHz - Monsoon4x 1.42 GHz - Mistral |
| CPU cores | 6 | 6 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2390 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | 4.3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 8 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 14.9 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 3 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | Not available |
| Execution units | 32 | 3 |
| Shaders | 256 | Not available |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 325 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Neural Engine |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2436 x 1125 |
| 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, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| 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 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple A11 Bionic |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | APL1W72 |
| Storage support | NVMe | NVMe |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Apple A11 Bionic
4G
Apple iPhone X
- 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
- 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
- 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
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