CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 1280
8 cores 2400 MHz 5 nanometers Mali-G68
Compared fields
42
Different values
33
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Higher listed GPU clock
Samsung Exynos 1280
- More CPU cores
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A786x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2400 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | Not available |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | Not available |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Mali-G68 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Valhall 2 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 4 |
| Shaders | 256 | 48 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 108MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| 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 | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 200 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1280 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | March 2022 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | S5E8825 |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 2.2 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 4 |
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.
Samsung Exynos 1280
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2408 pixels (6.60 i…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33
- Display
- IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pix…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
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