Apple A12 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	8 Cores(2P+6E) 8 Threads(2P+6E) 2.4GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Mali-G68 MP4 1000MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 512 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A12 Bionic1,336

x1.54

Exynos 1280869

x1

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 2.4GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

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

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory -
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/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 Mali-G68 MP4 1000MHz
Shaders 256	Shaders 128
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 512 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model -
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 1
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 4.3 TOPS

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model Shannon 2550/1280
Cellular -	Cellular 5G
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 2.5Gbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 1.3Gbps

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Samsung
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture ARMv8.2-A
Family A Series	Family -
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename - - Cortex-A78P-Core Cortex-A55E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Jan 1, 2022

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 Galaxy A53 5G
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets -

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