Comparing Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

description_compare Apple A12 Bionic and Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)

• Name
  Apple A12 Bionic Apple A15 Bionic (4-GPU)
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  12 15
• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Apple A15
• Predecessor
  Apple A11 Bionic --
• Successor
  Apple A13 Bionic --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)

• GPU name
  Apple A12 Apple A15 (4 GPU Cores)
• GPU frequency
  1.59 GHz 0.60 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.49 GHz No turbo
• Execution units
  4 128
• Shader
  0 1024
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 8 GB
• Max. displays
  1 3
• Generation
  9 12
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2021

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 6 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 1 (Single Channel)

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 8.5 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 16.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 32.00 MB
• Architecture
  A12 A15
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2021