AMD A12-9720P vs Apple A16 (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 4 Threads 2.7GHz	5 Cores(2P+3E) 5 Threads(2P+3E) 3.44GHz
TDP 15W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s DDR3	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU Radeon R7 8CU 758MHz GCN 3	iGPU 4-Core A16
Peak·FP32·FP16 776.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16
Socket FP4	Socket -

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A12-9720P539

x1

A16 (iPad)2,586

x4.80

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Core Config

2 Cores 2P -	5 Cores 2P 3E
4 Threads 4P -	5 Threads 2P 3E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.7GHz	Base Clock 3.44GHz
Boost Clock 3.6GHz	Boost Clock -
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 96KB P -	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 1MB P - -	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type DDR3	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 64GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 1866MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate1866MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 29.9GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 15W	TDP 5W
cTDP-down 12W	cTDP-down -

Chipset Bus

Bus Type PCIe	Bus Type -
Bus Config 4 lanes	Bus Config -
Bus Speed 8GT/s	Bus Speed -
Bus Bandwidth 4GB/s	Bus Bandwidth -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x8 7.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU Radeon R7 8CU 758MHz GCN 3	iGPU 4-Core A16
Shaders 512	Shaders 512
Boost Clock 758MHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 776.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.37 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 2.06GHz
Performance -	Performance 17 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer AMD	Manufacturer Apple
ISA x86-64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Excavator	Architecture Apple Silicon 12ARMv8.6-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Bristol Ridge - - -	Codename Crete A16Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Laptop	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Jun 1, 2016	Release Date Mar 4, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry GlobalFoundries	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 28nm	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 250mm²	Die Size 115mm²
Transistor Count 3.1 Billion	Transistor Count 16 Billion
Transistor Density 12 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Tablets -

Tablets iPad 11(A16, Early 2025)

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