Apple A12Z Bionic
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Apple A16 Bionic

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A16 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3460 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3460 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2022 (March 2020 vs September 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Apple
March 2020
Launch Date
September 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1083
Model Name
APL1W10
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
3460 MHz
10
Transistor count
16

GPU Specifications

Apple A12Z GPU
GPU name
Apple A16 GPU
1340 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1.106 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.7894 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
64
Execution units
5
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
12
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 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, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
15 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Apple M12
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12Z Bionic
1322
A16 Bionic
2562 +94%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12Z Bionic
4642
A16 Bionic
6685 +44%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A12Z Bionic
1090
A16 Bionic
1736 +59%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A12Z Bionic
4397
A16 Bionic
4975 +13%
FP32 (float)
A12Z Bionic
1084
A16 Bionic
1788 +65%