Apple A12Z Bionic
vs
Apple M4 iPad
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A12Z Bionic
and
Apple M4 iPad
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4400 MHz (2500 MHz vs 4400 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2024 (March 2020 vs May 2024)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Apple
March 2020
Launch Date
May 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
Tablet
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1083
Model Name
M4 iPad
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
4x 4.4 GHz, 6x 2.88 GHz
8
Cores
10
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
4400 MHz
10
Transistor count
28 billion
GPU Specifications
Apple A12Z GPU
GPU name
Apple M4 GPU
1340 MHz
GPU frequency
1470 MHz
1.106 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
512
Shading units
128
64
Execution units
10
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
External display up to 6K @ 60Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
5
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 6E
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
7500 MHz
2x 64 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
8 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 12MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264
Video codecs
H.264, HEVC, ProRes, ProRes RAW, AV1 decode
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K H.264,HEVC,ProRes,ProRes RAW,AV1
15 W
TDP
20 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARM-based
Apple M12
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple Neural Engine
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12Z Bionic
1322
M4 iPad
3842
+191%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12Z Bionic
4642
M4 iPad
14383
+210%
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