Apple M2 iPad vs Apple A12X Bionic
We compared two versions of tablet SoCs: 8 cores 3490MHz Apple M2 iPad vs. 8 cores 2500MHz Apple A12X Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple M2 iPad 's Advantages
Better graphics card performance FLOPS (2.918 TFLOPS vs 1.008 TFLOPS )
Larger memory bandwidth (102.4GB/s vs 34.1GB/s)
Higher Frequency (3490MHz vs 2500MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (5nm vs 7nm)
Released 3 years and 8 months late
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
Apple M2 iPad
+189%
2.918 TFLOPS
Apple A12X Bionic
1.008 TFLOPS
AnTuTu 9
CPU
4x 3.49 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.42 GHz – Blizzard
Architecture
4x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
3490 MHz
Frequency
2500 MHz
8
Cores
8
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache
16 MB
L2 cache
8 MB
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5 nm
Process
7 nm
20
Transistor count
10
15 W
TDP
15 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple M2 GPU
GPU name
Apple 12X GPU
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
8
Execution units
7
128
Shading units
64
24
Max size
4
2.918 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.008 TFLOPS
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Vulkan version
1.1
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12.1
Memory
LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
6400 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
4x 16 Bit
102.4 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
AI
Apple Neural Engine
NPU
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15.8 TOPS
Theoretical Performance
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
NVMe
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
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4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
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4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP9
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
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Modem
Intel XMM 7560
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 350 Mbps
6
Wi-Fi
5
5.0
Bluetooth
5.0
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Jun 2022
Announced
Oct 2018
Flagship
Class
Flagship
APL1109
Model number
APL1083
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