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CPUTabletReleased Mar 25, 2020

Apple A12Z Bionic

8C/8T · 2.5 GHz

The Apple A12Z Bionic is a revision of the A12X with all eight GPU cores enabled, introduced on March 18, 2020 with the fourth-generation iPad Pro. It keeps the four Vortex performance cores at up to 2.49 GHz, four Tempest efficiency cores and 8-core Neural Engine, and all models carry 6 GB of LPDDR4X memory. It also powered Apple's Developer Transition Kit, the Mac mini-based machine that let developers prepare apps for Apple silicon Macs ahead of the M1.

General

Manufacturer
Apple
Model
Apple A12Z Bionic
Segment
Tablet
Generation
A-series (A12Z)
Codename
APL1083
Architecture
ARM64
Microarchitecture
Vortex/Tempest
Release date
Mar 25, 2020
Price
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Cores & clocks

Cores / threads
8 cores / 8 threadsP4+E4
Base clock
—
Boost clock
2.49 GHz
TDP (design W)
—
Unlocked
✕ No
L2 cache
8 MB
L3 cache
—
Technology (nm)
7 nm
TSMC 7 nm (N7)

Platform

Socket
BGA (soldered SoC)
2-CPU (multi-socket)
✕ No
Integrated GPU
Apple GPU (8-core)
Memory type
LPDDR4X (unified)
Memory size
Up to 6 GB
ECC memory
✕ No
PCIe
—

Instructions & AI

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

OS support

Notes
The A12Z Bionic runs Apple iPadOS in the fourth-generation iPad Pro, which launched with iPadOS 13.4 and is listed by Apple as compatible with iPadOS 27. The Developer Transition Kit ran pre-release versions of macOS Big Sur, but the chip was never used in a retail Mac, and it does not run Windows or desktop Linux distributions.

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