GPUs

Apple 4-Core A18 vs Apple 4-Core A12 Full Specs

512 Shaders
1.34GHz
256 Shaders
1.1GHz
Shared Memory60GB/sLPDDR5X
Shared Memory34.1GB/sLPDDR4X
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1.37 TFLOPS
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562.2 GFLOPS
Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU
TDP
Shared
TDP
Shared

4-Core A184-Core A181.37 TFLOPSFP16
x2.44
4-Core A124-Core A12562.2 GFLOPSFP16
x1

Clock Speed
··
Clock Speed
··
Peak OPS
1.37 TFLOPSFP16
Peak OPS
562.2 GFLOPSFP16
FP32
1.37 TFLOPS
FP32
562.2 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate
21.4 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
8.8 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
42.8 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
17.6 GTexel/s

Shaders
512 Shaders
Shaders
256 Shaders
TMUs
32 TMUs
TMUs
16 TMUs
ROPs
16 ROPs
ROPs
8 ROPs
RT Cores
4 RT-Cores
RT Cores
-
EUs
64 EUs
EUs
32 EUs

Boost Clock
1.34GHz
Boost Clock
1.1GHz

L2 Cache
768KB shared
L2 Cache
128KB shared

Shared MemoryLPDDR5X
Shared MemoryLPDDR4X
Memory Bus
64-bit
Memory Bus
64-bit
Memory Speed
7.5GT/s
Memory Speed
4.3GT/s
Memory Bandwidth
60GB/s
Memory Bandwidth
34.1GB/s
ECC
No
ECC
No

Multi-Monitor
1
Multi-Monitor
1

Encoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
-

Decoder Model
Apple Media Engine 3
-

Form Factor
iGPU
Form Factor
iGPU

Manufacturer
Apple
Manufacturer
Apple
Chip Designer
Apple
Chip Designer
Apple
Architecture
Apple Gen 7
Architecture
Apple Gen 2
Family
A Series
Family
A Series
Branding
A18 branding
Branding
A12 branding
Codename
G17A
Codename
G11P
Market Segment
Smartphone
Market Segment
Smartphone
Release Date
Feb 19, 2025
Release Date
Sep 12, 2018

Foundry
TSMC
Foundry
TSMC
Fabrication Node
N3E
Fabrication Node
N7
Die Size
90mm²
Die Size
83mm²
Transistor Count
15.5 Billion
Transistor Count
6.9 Billion
Transistor Density
172 MTr/mm²
Transistor Density
83 MTr/mm²

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