Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A5 (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A12 Bionic1,336

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A5 (iPad)-

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 1GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 32KB P -
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 32KB P -
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 1MB P shared -
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache -

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR2
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 512MB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 800MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 6.4GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 6.4GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5
Shaders 256	Shaders 32
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 266MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch32
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture ARMv7-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename A5 - Cortex-A9P-Core -
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Mar 11, 2011

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node 45nm
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size 122mm²
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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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 2(A5, Early 2011)iPad mini(A5, Late 2012)

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