Apple A14 Bionic (iPad) vs Apple A18 Pro (Neo) Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 3GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 4.04GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 60GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A14+	iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro
Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 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

A18 Pro (Neo)3,409

x1.64

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 3GHz	Base Clock 4.04GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 192KB P 128KB E	L1i 192KB P 128KB E
L1d 128KB P 64KB E	L1d 128KB P 64KB E
L2 8MB P shared 4MB E shared	L2 16MB P shared 4MB E shared
SLC Cache 16MB	SLC Cache 24MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 6GB	Max Memory 8GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 7500MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 60GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate7500MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 60GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Peak Power -	Peak Power 12W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x4 7.9GB/sBandwidth

PCIe PCIe 4.0 x6 11.8GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A14+	iGPU 5-Core A18 Pro
Shaders 256	Shaders 640
Boost Clock 1.28GHz	Boost Clock 1.47GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 654.3 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 1.88 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H13 Styx	NPU Model H17 Theia
NPU Cores 16	NPU Cores 16
NPU Clock 1.43GHz	NPU Clock 2.17GHz
Performance 11 TOPSFP16	Performance 35 TOPSINT8

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 10ARMv8.5-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 14ARMv9.2-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Sicily A14Variant FirestormP-Core IcestormE-Core	Codename Tahiti A18 ProVariant AS14PP-Core AS14EE-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Oct 23, 2020	Release Date Mar 4, 2026

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N5	Fabrication Node N3E
Die Size 88mm²	Die Size 110mm²
Transistor Count 11.8 Billion	Transistor Count 18.4 Billion
Transistor Density 134 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density 168 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Laptops -	Laptops MacBook Neo(Early 2026)
Tablets iPad 10(A14, Late 2022)iPad Air 4(A14, Late 2020)	Tablets -

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