Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple A15 Bionic (iPad) Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 2.49GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.93GHz
TDP 8W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU 5-Core A15
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

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

A15 Bionic (iPad)2,157

x1.60

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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 2.93GHz
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 12MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 32MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 4GB
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 5-Core A15
Shaders 512	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.34GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.71 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Pontus	NPU Model H14 Bia
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 1.94GHz
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance 15.8 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 11ARMv8.5-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Aruba A12ZVariant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Ellis A15Variant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Tablet
Release Date Mar 25, 2020	Release Date Sep 24, 2021

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 135mm²	Die Size 108mm²
Transistor Count 10 Billion	Transistor Count 15 Billion
Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 139 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 mini 6(A15, Late 2021)

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