Apple A12Z Bionic processor review

Apple A12Z Bionic

A12Z Bionic processor released by Apple; release date: 25 Mar 2020. The processor is designed for mobile-computers and based on Vortex/Tempest/Chinook microarchitecture.

CPU is locked to prevent overclocking. Total number of cores - 8, threads - 8. Maximum CPU clock speed - 2.49 GHz. Manufacturing process technology - 7 nm. Cache size: L1 - 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core), L2 - 8 MB (shared).

Supported memory types: LPDDR4X-4266. Maximum memory size: 16 GB.

Maximum number of processors in a configuration - 1. Power consumption (TDP): 15 Watt.

Benchmarks

PassMark
Single thread mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
4870
2202
PassMark
CPU mark
Top 1 CPU
This CPU
156834
9365
Name Value
PassMark - Single thread mark 2202
PassMark - CPU mark 9365

Integrated graphics – Apple A12Z Bionic

Technical info

Core clock speed 1125 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 1.152 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8
Render output units 32

Specifications (specs)

Essentials

Architecture codename Vortex/Tempest/Chinook
Launch date 25 Mar 2020
OS Support iPadOS 13.4, macOS Big Sur 11.0 Beta 1, iOS 16.4.1, iPadOS 16.4.1, tvOS 16.2
Place in performance rating 1088
Processor Number APL1083
Vertical segment Mobile

Performance

Base frequency 1.59 GHz
L1 cache 128 KB instruction + 128 KB data (per core)
L2 cache 8 MB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm
Maximum frequency 2.49 GHz
Number of cores 8
Number of threads 8
Transistor count 10 billion

Memory

Max memory channels 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 16 GB
Supported memory types LPDDR4X-4266

Graphics

Execution Units 32
Graphics base frequency 1125 MHz
Graphics max frequency 8

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 15 Watt