Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple M2 Pro (10C16G) Full Specs

Summary

8 Cores(4P+4E) 8 Threads(4P+4E) 2.49GHz	10 Cores(6P+4E) 10 Threads(6P+4E) 3.5GHz
TDP 8W	TDP 60W
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 204.8GB/s LPDDR5
iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU 16-Core M2 Pro
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 5.73 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

M2 Pro (10C16G)2,680

x1.99

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Core Config

8 Cores 4P 4E	10 Cores 6P 4E
8 Threads 4P 4E	10 Threads 6P 4E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 3.5GHz
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 24MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 32GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 4
Bus Width 128-bit	Bus Width 256-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 6400MT/s
Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth 204.8GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 68.3GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate6400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 204.8GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 8W	TDP 60W
Max Operating Temp -	Max Operating Temp 100°C Max

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x6 5.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 31.5GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 8-Core A12Z	iGPU 16-Core M2 Pro
Shaders 512	Shaders 2048
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 1.4GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 1.12 TFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 5.73 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Pontus	NPU Model H14 Selene
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock 2.1GHz
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 M Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Aruba A12ZVariant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core	Codename Rhodes-Chop M2 ProVariant AvalancheP-Core BlizzardE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Laptop
Release Date Mar 25, 2020	Release Date Jan 17, 2023

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N5P
Die Size 135mm²	Die Size 295mm²
Transistor Count 10 Billion	Transistor Count 40 Billion
Transistor Density 74 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 136 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Pro 14(M2 Pro, Early 2023)
Desktops Mac mini(DTK, Mid 2020)	Desktops Mac mini(M2 Pro, Early 2023)
Tablets iPad Pro 11" Gen 2(A12Z, Early 2020)iPad Pro 12.9" Gen 4(A12Z, Early 2020)	Tablets -

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