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

Summary

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

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A14 Bionic (iPad)2,077

x1.54

A12Z Bionic1,346

x1

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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 3GHz	Base Clock 2.49GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 128KB P 48KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared
SLC Cache 16MB	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 6GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 2
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 8W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x6 5.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

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

NPU

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

Chip

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

Fabrication

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

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Used In

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

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