Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A19 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.26GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A19
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.76 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

A193,608

x2.70

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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 4.26GHz
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 8MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 12MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
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 8533MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8533MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 11W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x3 5.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU 5-Core A19
Shaders 256	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.47GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.76 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model H18 Apollo
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 2.17GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 15ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Tilos A19Variant AS15PP-Core AS15EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Sep 9, 2025

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N3P
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size 83mm²
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count 14.3 Billion
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 172 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones iPhone 17
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets -

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