CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1580
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Samsung Exynos 1580
8 cores 2900 MHz 4 nanometers Samsung Xclipse 540
Compared fields
41
Different values
35
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Samsung Exynos 1580
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 1x 2.9 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2.6 GHz - Cortex-A7204x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A520 |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2900 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv9-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | Not available |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 12 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Samsung Xclipse 540 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Magellan (RDNA 3) |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | Not available |
| Execution units | 32 | Not available |
| Shaders | 256 | Not available |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12.1 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Yes |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2960 x 1440 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 200MP, 2x 32MP |
| 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 - 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 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 5100 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 1280 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Samsung Exynos 1580 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | October 2024 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | S5E8855 |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.1 |
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 1580
5G
Samsung Galaxy A56
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 234…
- RAM
- 12 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
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