Apple A5 (iPad) vs Apple A12 Bionic Full Specs

Summary

2 Cores 2 Threads 1GHz	6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s LPDDR2	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X
iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU 4-Core A12
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

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

A5 (iPad)-

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A12 Bionic1,336

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Core Config

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

Clocks

Base Clock 1GHz	Base Clock 2.49GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 32KB P -	L1i 128KB P 48KB E
L1d 32KB P -	L1d 128KB P 32KB E
L2 1MB P shared -	L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared
SLC Cache -	SLC Cache 8MB

Memory

Type LPDDR2	Type LPDDR4X
Max Memory 512MB	Max Memory 4GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 2	Channels 1
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 800MT/s	Speed 4266MT/s
Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth 34.1GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate800MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 6.4GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

-	PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

iGPU

iGPU PowerVR SGX543 MP2 A5	iGPU 4-Core A12
Shaders 32	Shaders 256
Boost Clock 266MHz	Boost Clock 1.1GHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 17.02 GFLOPSFP32	Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model -	NPU Model H11 Quin
NPU Cores -	NPU Cores 8
NPU Clock -	NPU Clock 1.26GHz
Performance -	Performance 5 TOPSFP16

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Apple
ISA AArch32	ISA AArch64
Architecture ARMv7-A	Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A
Family A Series	Family A Series
Branding	Branding
Codename A5 - Cortex-A9P-Core -	Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core TempestE-Core
Market Segment Tablet	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Mar 11, 2011	Release Date Sep 21, 2018

Fabrication

Foundry Samsung	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node 45nm	Fabrication Node N7
Die Size 122mm²	Die Size 83mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 6.9 Billion
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²

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Used In

Smartphones -	Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max
Tablets iPad 2(A5, Early 2011)iPad mini(A5, Late 2012)	Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)

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