Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A16 Bionic Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3.44GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A16
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A12 Bionic1,336

x1

A16 Bionic2,560

x1.92

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	6 Cores 2P 4E
6 Threads 2P 4E	6 Threads 2P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 3.44GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 51.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A16
Shaders 256	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model H15 Themis
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 2.06GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 17 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 12ARMv8.6-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Crete A16Variant EverestP-Core Sawtooth E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Sep 16, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N4P
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size 115mm²
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count 16 Billion
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones iPhone 14 ProiPhone 14 Pro MaxiPhone 15 Show 1 more
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets -

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