Apple A8 vs Apple A12X Bionic

VS

Apple A8

Apple A12X Bionic

We compared two versions of tablet SoCs: cores 0 Apple A8 vs. 8 cores 2500MHz Apple A12X Bionic . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.

Score

Benchmark

Geekbench 6 Single Core

Apple A8

410

Apple A12X Bionic +223%

1326

Geekbench 6 Multi Core

Apple A8

590

Apple A12X Bionic +677%

4588

Apple A8

VS

Apple A12X Bionic

CPU

-

Architecture

4x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest

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Frequency

2500 MHz

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Cores

8

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Instruction set

ARMv8.3-A

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L2 cache

8 MB

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Process

7 nm

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Transistor count

10

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TDP

15 W

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Manufacturing

TSMC

Graphics

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GPU name

Apple 12X GPU

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GPU frequency

1125 MHz

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Execution units

7

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Shading units

64

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Max size

4

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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

-

Memory type

LPDDR4X

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Memory frequency

2133 MHz

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Bus

4x 16 Bit

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Max bandwidth

34.1 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

-

Neural processor (NPU)

Yes

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Storage type

NVMe

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Max display resolution

2732 x 2048

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Video capture

4K at 60FPS

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Video playback

4K at 60FPS

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Video codecs

H.264, H.265, VP9

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Audio codecs

Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+

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Modem

Intel XMM 7560

Connectivity

-

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

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5G support

No

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Download speed

Up to 1000 Mbps

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Upload speed

Up to 350 Mbps

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Wi-Fi

5

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Bluetooth

5.0

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Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

-

Announced

Oct 2018

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Class

Flagship

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Model number

APL1083

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