Apple A12 Bionic
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Apple A17 Pro

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A17 Pro 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: 3780 MHz (2490 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2018 vs September 2023)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2018
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W81
Model Name
APL1V02
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
6
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2490 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
-
4
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
-
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
No
5G support
-
5.0
Bluetooth
-
5
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

8 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
-
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
-
NVMe
Storage type
-
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
-
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
-
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
-
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1301
A17 Pro
2977 +129%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2843
A17 Pro
7476 +163%
FP32 (float)
A12 Bionic
588
A17 Pro
2146 +265%
AnTuTu 10
A12 Bionic
630677
A17 Pro
1578153 +150%