Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple A14 Bionic (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3GHz
TDP 8W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU 4-Core A14+
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A12Z Bionic1,346

x1

A14 Bionic (iPad)2,077

x1.54

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 3GHz
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 16MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 6GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 8W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x6 5.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU 4-Core A14+
Shaders 512	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.28GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Pontus	NPU Model H13 Styx
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 1.43GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 11 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 10ARMv8.5-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Aruba A12ZVariant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Sicily A14Variant FirestormP-Core IcestormE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 25, 2020	Release Date Oct 23, 2020

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N5
Die Size 135mm²	Die Size 88mm²
Transistor Count 10 Billion	Transistor Count 11.8 Billion
Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 134 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Desktops Mac mini(DTK, Mid 2020)	Desktops -
Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 2(A12Z, Early 2020)iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 4(A12Z, Early 2020)	Tablets iPad 10(A14, Late 2022)iPad Air 4(A14, Late 2020)

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