Apple
Apple A12 Bionic
The iPhone XS/XR chip and Apple's first 7nm design. Its Vortex cores embarrassed 2018 Android flagships, and XR handsets ran current iOS for a remarkable seven years.
Pros
- First 7nm phone chip shipped at scale
- Held a two-year performance lead
- Exceptional longevity in real devices
Cons
- 3GB-RAM devices limit it today
- LTE only
- Formally aged out of iOS support
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A12 Bionic
General
- Announced
- 2018
- Process
- 7 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 6 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.3
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.52 GHz Tempest
- Max clock
- 2.49 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (4-core)
AI
- NPU
- Neural Engine (8-core)
- AI performance
- 5 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-2133
- Max bandwidth
- 34.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- Intel XMM 7560 LTE (external)
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 5
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- Retina XDR
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- AnTuTu 10
- 720,000Top 46%
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 1,100Top 42%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 2,800Top 49%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 1,450Top 66%
Quick answers
Is the Apple A12 Bionic good in 2026?
The Apple A12 Bionic earns an Inno Score of 34.3/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The iPhone XS/XR chip and Apple's first 7nm design. Its Vortex cores embarrassed 2018 Android flagships, and XR handsets ran current iOS for a remarkable seven years.
What is the Apple A12 Bionic AnTuTu score?
The Apple A12 Bionic scores 720,000 points in AnTuTu 10. That puts it in the top 46% of the chips and devices we have measured in this category. In Geekbench 6 it reaches 1,100 single-core and 2,800 multi-core.
What are the key specs of the Apple A12 Bionic?
Cores: 6 · Process: 7 nm · AnTuTu 10: 720,000 · GPU: Apple GPU (4-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A12 Bionic?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 860, MediaTek Dimensity 6080, MediaTek Dimensity 810 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
