Apple A12X Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple A12X Bionic features 8 processor cores and has the capability to manage 8 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2018 and belongs to the 12 generation of the Apple A series series.
Name: Apple A12X Bionic
Family: Apple A series
Group: Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 12

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A12X Bionic has 8 CPU cores and can calculate 8 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.49 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 8
Threads: 8
Cores A: 4x Vortex
Cores B: 4x Tempest
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.49 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.59 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple A12X Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A12X Bionic uses the Apple A12X, which has 448 texture shaders and 56 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple A12X
GPU frequency: 1.34 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 56
Shaders: 448
Max. GPU Memory: 6.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 9
Direct X: --
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q3/2018

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 6.0 GB distributed across 2 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 68.2 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory: 6.0 GB
Memory channels: 2
Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 15 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 15 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple A12X Bionic is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 8.0 MB
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: A12
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q3/2018
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
717401
717401
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
715600
715600
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
713640
713640
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888+
8C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
708964
708964
Samsung Exynos 1080
8C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
688300
688300

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 4350G
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
10992
10992
Intel Xeon E-2176M
6C 12T @ 2.7 GHz
10963
10963
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
10921
10921
Intel Xeon E5-2618L v3
8C 16T @ 2.3 GHz
10871
10871
Intel Core i5-1230U
10C 12T @ 1.0 GHz
10864
10864

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i3-10100
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4769
4769
Intel Xeon E3-1275 v5
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4763
4763
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4745
4745
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v6
4C 8T @ 3.5 GHz
4744
4744
Intel Xeon W-2223
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4738
4738

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-7700K
4C 8T @ 4.2 GHz
4719
4719
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4718
4718
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4718
4718
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4718
4718
Intel Xeon E3-1280 v6
4C 8T @ 3.9 GHz
4710
4710

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i7-4790
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4564
4564
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4539
4539
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4539
4539
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
4539
4539
Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 1.3 GHz
4475
4475

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Core i3-9100T
4C 4T @ 3.1 GHz
1342
1342
Intel Core i5-9400H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
1341
1341
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1341
1341
Intel Core i5-9400H
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
1341
1341
AMD Ryzen 3 4300U
4C 4T @ 2.7 GHz
1340
1340

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-6970HQ
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
1210
1210
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1200
1200
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1200
1200
Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
6C 6T @ 3.23 GHz
1200
1200
Intel Core i3-1315UE
6C 8T @ 1.2 GHz
1190
1190

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1124
1124
Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 2.9 GHz
1124
1124
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
1124
1124
Intel Xeon Gold 6210U
20C 40T @ 2.5 GHz
1124
1124
Intel Core i9-8950HK
6C 12T @ 2.9 GHz
1124
1124

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

AMD EPYC 7702
64C 128T @ 2.0 GHz
996
996
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
991
991
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
991
991
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
991
991
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
981
981

Performance for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)

Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
5
5
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
5
5
Apple A12X Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
5
5
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
5
5
Apple A12 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.49 GHz
5
5