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Apple
Apple A12Z Bionic
The chip in the 2020 iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch, pairing an eight-core CPU with an eight-core GPU. Analysis of the silicon found it is the A12X with its eighth graphics core enabled, so CPU results sit close to the 2018 chip while graphics gain a little.
Pros
- Eight-core GPU, one more than the A12X
- About 11% higher median 3DMark Wild Life Extreme score than the A12X in UL's data
- 6 GB of RAM in every 2020 iPad Pro configuration
- Wi-Fi 6 in the 2020 iPad Pro; Cellular models add Gigabit-class LTE
Cons
- CPU is effectively unchanged from the A12X, with gains of only a few percent
- Superseded by the M1 in the 2021 iPad Pro
- Built on 2018-era 7 nm Vortex and Tempest cores
Awaiting benchmarks
No Inno Score yet: CPU still needs a published benchmark result.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A12Z Bionic
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 7 nm
- Architecture
- Armv8.3
CPU
- Cores
- 8
- Core configuration
- 4x2.49 GHz Vortex + 4x1.6 GHz Tempest
- Max clock
- 2.49 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (8-core)
AI
- NPU
- Neural Engine (8-core)
- AI performance
- 5 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X
Connectivity
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi 6
- Bluetooth
- 5.0
Media
- Max display
- 2732x2048
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 3,558Top 16%
Devices with the Apple A12Z Bionic
2 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple A12Z Bionic good in 2026?
We haven't scored the Apple A12Z Bionic yet: there are no published CPU benchmark results for it in our database, and we don't score chips on their spec sheet alone. The chip in the 2020 iPad Pro 11-inch and 12.9-inch, pairing an eight-core CPU with an eight-core GPU. Analysis of the silicon found it is the A12X with its eighth graphics core enabled, so CPU results sit close to the 2018 chip while graphics gain a little.
Which devices use the Apple A12Z Bionic?
2 devices in our catalog use the Apple A12Z Bionic: iPad Pro 12.9-inch (A12Z), iPad Pro 11-inch (A12Z).
What are the key specs of the Apple A12Z Bionic?
Cores: 8 · Process: 7 nm · GPU: Apple GPU (8-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A12Z Bionic?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G, Qualcomm Snapdragon 732G, MediaTek Helio G35 — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
