CPUSmartphoneReleased Sep 21, 2018

Apple A12 Bionic

6C/6T · 2.5 GHz

The Apple A12 Bionic was introduced on September 12, 2018 with the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR, and Apple billed it as the industry's first 7 nm chip. Built by TSMC with 6.9 billion transistors, it has an 8-core Neural Engine rated at 5 trillion operations per second that, unlike the A11's, is open to third-party apps through Core ML. It was later used in the iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad mini (5th generation), iPad (8th generation) and Apple TV 4K (2nd generation).

General

Manufacturer: Apple
Model: Apple A12 Bionic
Segment: Smartphone
Generation: A-series (A12 Bionic)
Codename: —
Architecture: ARM64
Microarchitecture: Vortex/Tempest
Release date: Sep 21, 2018
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads: 6 cores / 6 threadsP2+E4
Base clock: —
Boost clock: 2.49 GHz
TDP (design W): —
Unlocked: ✕ No
L2 cache: 8 MB
L3 cache: —
Technology (nm): 7 nm
7 nm

Platform

Socket: BGA (soldered SoC)
2-CPU (multi-socket): ✕ No
Integrated GPU: Apple GPU (4-core)
Memory type: LPDDR4X (unified)
Memory size: 3 – 4 GB
ECC memory: —
PCIe: —

Instructions & AI

Instruction extensions: ARMv8.3-ANEONAESSHAPAuth
NPU: 8-core Neural Engine — 5 TOPS

OS support

Notes: The A12 Bionic runs Apple iOS, iPadOS and tvOS only. The chip was never used in a Mac and does not run macOS, Windows or desktop Linux distributions.

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