Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A17 Pro (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3.77GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 51.2GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A17 Pro
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

A17 Pro (iPad)2,840

x2.13

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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 3.77GHz
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 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A17 Pro
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 H16 Laso
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 2.16GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 13ARMv8.6-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Coll A17 ProVariant AS13PP-Core AS13EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Oct 15, 2024

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N3B
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size 104mm²
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count 19 Billion
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 183 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones -
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets iPad mini 7(A17 Pro, Late 2024)

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