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A12x Bionic Chip

The A12X Bionic chip features a powerful Neural Engine that can perform 5 trillion operations per second for advanced machine learning capabilities. It uses this neural processing power to enhance experiences like photos, gaming, and augmented reality. The chip also includes high-performance cores for computational tasks and efficient cores for everyday use, as well as an improved GPU and image signal processor.

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A12x Bionic Chip

The A12X Bionic chip features a powerful Neural Engine that can perform 5 trillion operations per second for advanced machine learning capabilities. It uses this neural processing power to enhance experiences like photos, gaming, and augmented reality. The chip also includes high-performance cores for computational tasks and efficient cores for everyday use, as well as an improved GPU and image signal processor.

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A12X BIONIC CHIP

A12X Bionic is the smartest, most powerful chip we’ve ever


made. It has the Neural Engine, which runs 5 trillion operations
per second and enables advanced machine learning.
Translation: It’s faster than most PC laptops.
The A12 Bionic, with our next-generation Neural Engine,
delivers incredible performance. It uses real-time machine
learning to transform the way you experience photos, gaming,
augmented reality and more.

Apple-designed CPU. Two performance cores tackle heavy


computational tasks. And four efficiency cores take on everyday
tasks. Our newest performance controller dynamically divides work
across these cores, harnessing all six when a power boost
is needed.
2 performance cores

Up to 15% faster
• than A11 Bionic
• 4 efficiency cores
Up to 50% lower power
• usage than A11 Bionic
Apple-designed GPU. A new fourth core and lossless memory
compression bring big gains in graphics performance to games,
video editing and visually demanding apps.
4-core
• GPU
• Graphics performance
Up to 50% faster
• than A11 Bionic
Metal 2
• optimised
Apple-designed Neural Engine. Our Neural Engine is built for
advanced, real-time machine learning. That means iPhone XR can
recognise patterns, make predictions and learn from experience,
similar to the way you do.
The Neural Engine is incredibly fast, able to perform 5 trillion
operations per second. It’s incredibly efficient, which enables it to
do all kinds of new things in real time. And it’s incredibly smart, so
you can do things like jump straight into immersive AR experiences.
And quickly find all your pictures of dogs. Or beaches. Or babies.
We’ve also opened the Neural Engine up to the Core ML platform,
so developers can bring powerful, real-time machine learning to
their apps — learning that happens on your iPhone.
8-core
architecture
5 trillion
operations per second
Core ML runs
Up to 9x faster
than A11 Bionic
Enhanced ISP. The image signal processor features a refined
depth engine, which captures extraordinary detail in Portrait mode.
And with Smart HDR, you’ll notice far greater dynamic range in
your photos.
A12 Bionic in action. The processing power and intelligence of
the A12 Bionic make iPhone XR incredibly capable. But the
chip was also designed with efficiency in mind. So when you
put all that power into play, you still get great battery life.
SPECIFICATIONS THAT MATTER
Property Apple A12 Bionic Snap
Design Process 7nm 7nm
Architecture 64-bit 64-bi
CPU 6-core processor (2x Performance cores + 4x 8xK
Efficiency cores) to 2.8
GPU Apple-designed 4-core GPU Adre
Camera Apple's ISP Dual
380 I
Charging Wireless charging, Normal Charging via USB Qual

PERFORMANCE
IMPROVEMENTS
The A12 Bionic and the Snapdragon 855 processors are based on
the 64-bit microarchitecture and manufactured through the 7nm
fabrication process. A smaller process node boosts the overall
performance and the power efficiency of the chipset. Well, that's the
only similarity between both the processors.
The A12 Bionic adopts a six-core CPU configuration — two
Performance cores and four Efficiency cores.

The A12 Bionic only brings a relative bump in performance and not
too significant one when compared to the A11 Bionic. So you'll
notice that the app launches are a bit faster owing to the smart
compute system. Also, A12 Bionic is more power efficient and
consumes less power.
Unlike the 6-core CPU implementation of the A12, the Snapdragon
855 has 8-core configuration. Qualcomm has opted for a tri-cluster
arrangement, instead of the regular two cluster arrangement.
The Snapdragon 855 sports eight Kryo 845 cores clustered across
a single 'Prime' Cortex A76 core clocked at 2.84GHz, three
'Performance' Cortex-A76 cores clocked at 2.42GHz and lastly four
'Efficiency' Cortex-A55 cores clocked at 1.80GHz. These clusters
are designed for high performance, high efficiency, improved task-
sharing capacities and low latency rates.

In addition to that, the Snapdragon 855's Prime core has a 512KB


L2 cache and is coupled with performance core's 256KB L2 caches
and the efficiency core's 128KB L2 cache. These L2 Caches work
together to push the information way quickly and without any
interruptions by acting as a bridge between the processor and the
memory.
On the GPU front, the Snapdragon 855 bundles the Adreno 640
GPU which offers a 20 percent boost in gaming graphics and can
handle 4K HDR10+ playback. That's what Qualcomm claims.
BENCHMARK TESTS
Well, the benchmark scores may not accurately translate to the real
world experience. But at the end of the day, these scores help
portray the potential of a chip in numbers. Hence, a peek into the
benchmark scores helps gauge the true prowess of a chipset.
As per the folks at Tom's Guide, the Snapdragon 855 scored 3,552
(single-core) points and 11,196 (multi-core) points on Geekbench 4
benchmark tests. On the other hand, the Apple iPhone XS powered
by the A12 Bionic clocked 4,701 (single-core) and 11,420 (multi-
core) in multi-core on the same benchmark test.
The difference is quite slim in multi-core tests but is significant
differences in single-core implementations.
Property A12 Bionic Snapdragon 855
Single-core Geekbench 4 Score 4,701 3,552
Multi-core Geekbench 4 Score 11,420 11,196

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