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Apple A12 Bionic

Updated On: 09 Oct, 2026

A12 Bionic is a Flagship mobile platform built on the 7 nanometers manufacturing process. Announced on September 2018, it packs 6 CPU cores and a powerful Apple A12 Bionic GPU GPU.

Process Node
7 nanometers
CPU Cores
6
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
GPU Clock
1125 MHz
📶 5G: No 📡 4G LTE Supported 5 BT 5.0

Performance Overview

CPU Performance
70
Gaming Performance
58
Battery Efficiency
70

Apple A12 Bionic Specifications

Complete hardware architecture, GPU capabilities, memory standards, and connectivity tech specs.

Product Details
Model: A12 Bionic
Brand Apple
Class Flagship
Released on: September 2018
Model Number: APL1W81
Architecture & Process
Architecture2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex, 4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
Cores 6
Frequency 2490 MHz
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A
Transistor Count 6.9 billion
L1 Cache 128 KB
L2 Cache 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers
TDP 6 W
Graphics
GPU Name Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Graphics Architecture Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency1125 MHz
Execution Units 4
Shading Units 32
Flops 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan Version 1.1
Opencl Version 2.0
Directx Version 12
Memory
Memory Type LPDDR4X
Memory BUS 1x 64 Bit
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz
Max Bandwidth34.1 Gbit/s
Max Size12 GB
Storage Type NVMe
Multimedia
Neural ProcessorYes
Max Display Resolution2688 x 1242
Max Camera Resolution2x 12MP
Video Capture 4K at 60FPS
Video Playback 4K at 60FPS
Video Codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio Codecs AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Connectivity
4G LTE Cat. 18
5G No
Download Speed Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload Speed Up to 150 Mbps
Wi Fi 5
Bluetooth 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

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Apple A12 Bionic Benchmark Scores

Standard synthetic performance benchmark evaluations.

Antutu

AnTuTu Score

CPU143829
GPU195079
Memory85033
UX107266
Total score528254
Geekbench

Geekbench Score

Single-Core Score1116
Multi-Core Score2898
Image compression131.35 Mpixels/s
Face detection17.45 images/s
Speech recognition70.4 words/s
Machine learning58.9 images/s
Camera shooting17.75 images/s
HTML 53.17 Mnodes/s
SQLite670.45 Krows/s
3D Mark

3DMark Graphics Score

Stability68%
Graphics test31 FPS
Score5260