Apple A14 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple A14 Bionic features 6 processor cores and has the capability to manage 6 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2020 and belongs to the 14 generation of the Apple A series series.
Name: Apple A14 Bionic
Family: Apple A series
Group: Apple A14
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 14

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A14 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 3.0 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: 6
Threads: 6
Cores A: 2x Firestorm
Cores B: 4x Icestorm
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 3.0 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.82 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple A14 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A14 Bionic uses the Apple A14, which has 512 texture shaders and 64 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple A14
GPU frequency: 1.0 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 64
Shaders: 512
Max. GPU Memory: 8.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 11
Direct X: --
Technology: 5 nm
Release date: Q3/2020

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 16 Neural cores @ 11 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 1 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 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: 1
Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 7 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): 7 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple A14 Bionic is manufactured using a 5 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. In total, this processor boasts a generous 16.0 MB cache. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 5 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 12.0 MB
L3-Cache: 16.0 MB
Architecture: A14 (Firestorm/Icestorm)
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q3/2020
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

Google Tensor G2
8C 8T @ 2.85 GHz
789419
789419
Apple A12Z Bionic
8C 8T @ 2.49 GHz
779044
779044
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
729968
729968
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
727650
727650
Samsung Exynos 2100
8C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
724660
724660

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
634870
634870
HiSilicon Kirin 9000E
8C 8T @ 3.13 GHz
632768
632768
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
628047
628047
MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
627817
627817
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
8C 8T @ 3.1 GHz
616032
616032

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

AMD EPYC Embedded 3201
8C 8T @ 1.5 GHz
8566
8566
Intel Core i7-3970X
6C 12T @ 3.5 GHz
8517
8517
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
8514
8514
Intel Xeon W-2123
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
8506
8506
Intel Core i7-1065G7
4C 8T @ 1.3 GHz
8477
8477

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 5300GE
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4706
4706
AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5350GE
4C 8T @ 3.6 GHz
4706
4706
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
4689
4689
Intel Core i5-10400T
6C 12T @ 2.0 GHz
4687
4687
Intel Core i7-8559U
4C 8T @ 2.7 GHz
4682
4682

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Core i5-10310U
4C 8T @ 1.7 GHz
4255
4255
Intel Xeon D-1531
6C 12T @ 2.2 GHz
4255
4255
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
4247
4247
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v6
4C 8T @ 3.8 GHz
4236
4236
Intel Core i5-1038NG7
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
4236
4236

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon E-2336
6C 12T @ 2.9 GHz
2086
2086
Intel Core i3-1215U
6C 8T @ 1.2 GHz
2079
2079
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
2072
2072
Intel Xeon E-2314
4C 4T @ 2.8 GHz
2068
2068
Intel Core i7-1195G7
4C 8T @ 2.9 GHz
2067
2067

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Core i7-11390H
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
1592
1592
Intel Core i7-11375H
4C 8T @ 3.3 GHz
1592
1592
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
1590
1590
Intel Core i7-1280P
14C 20T @ 1.8 GHz
1587
1587
Intel Core i7-1270P
12C 16T @ 2.2 GHz
1587
1587

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
1037
1037
Intel Core i5-6350HQ
4C 4T @ 2.3 GHz
1037
1037
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
1000
1000
Intel Core i3-13300HE
8C 12T @ 2.1 GHz
998
998
MediaTek Dimensity 1000
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
979
979

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

Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
11
11
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
11
11
Apple A14 Bionic
6C 6T @ 3.0 GHz
11
11
Apple M1
8C 8T @ 3.2 GHz
11
11
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 16-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.2 GHz
11
11