Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Microsoft SQ1 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 3GHz
TDP 5W	TDP -
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Adreno 685
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.63 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

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Microsoft SQ1-

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P 4E	8 Cores 4P 4E
6 Threads 2P 4E	8 Threads 4P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 3GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P 48KB E	L1i 64KB P 32KB E
L1d 128KB P 32KB E	L1d 64KB P 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 512KB P 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 2MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 3MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 16GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 8
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 128-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 68.3GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP -

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Adreno 685
Shaders 256	Shaders 1536
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 590MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 3.63 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model Hexagon 690
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 7 TOPS

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model X24
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 2.0Gbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 316Mbps

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Qualcomm
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Kryo 495ARMv8.2-A
Family A Series	Family SQ Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename - Microsoft SQ1Variant Cortex-A76P-Core Cortex-A55E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Oct 2, 2019

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N7
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size -
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 Surface Pro X(SQ1, Late 2019)

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