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Apple A12 Bionic
vs
Apple A9

Apple A12 Bionic
vs
Apple A9

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A9 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher Technology: 7 nm (7 nm vs 14 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2490 MHz (2490 MHz vs 1850 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2018 (September 2018 vs September 2015)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
September 2018
Launch Date
September 2015
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W81
Model Name
APL1022
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
2x 1.85 GHz – Twister
6
Cores
2
7 nm
Technology
14 nm
2490 MHz
Frequency
1850 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
2

GPU Specifications

Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
PowerVR GT7600
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
650 MHz
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.2496 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
32
4
Execution units
6
2.0
OpenCL version
1.2
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
2048 x 1536
12
DirectX version
11

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 6
No
5G support
No
5.0
Bluetooth
4.2
5
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR4
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
1333 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
2x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M9
8 MB
L2 Cache
3 MB
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 30FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 30FPS
6 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv8-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1301 +109%
A9
623
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2843 +197%
A9
957
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1102 +112%
A9
520
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2449 +155%
A9
962
FP32 (float)
A12 Bionic
588 +141%
A9
244
AnTuTu 10
A12 Bionic
630677 +116%
A9
291673