Comparing Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

description_compare Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A12 Bionic

• Name
  Apple A12Z Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  12 12
• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Predecessor
  Apple A10X Fusion Apple A11 Bionic
• Successor
  -- Apple A13 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.59 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 2.49 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Vortex 2x Vortex
• B core
  4x Tempest 4x Tempest

• GPU name
  Apple A12Z Apple A12
• GPU frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.59 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.49 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Execution units
  8 4
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Generation
  9 9
• DirectX Version
  --
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2018

• 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 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 6 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  A12 A12
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2018

• Used in
  Apple iPad Pro 2020 Apple iPhone XRApple iPhone XSApple iPhone XS MaxApple iPad mini (5. Gen)Apple iPad Air (3. Gen)