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Apple A14 Bionic
The first 5nm smartphone chip, debuting in the iPad Air before the iPhone 12. Its Firestorm cores and new 16-core Neural Engine set the single-core benchmark for 2020, while the conservative 4-core GPU played it safe.
Pros
- First 5nm smartphone chip
- 16-core Neural Engine debut
- Set the 2020 single-core benchmark
- Dolby Vision HDR video capture
Cons
- 4-core GPU throttles under sustained load
- External X55 modem hurts battery on 5G
- LPDDR4X limits memory bandwidth
Below average
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the Apple A14 Bionic
General
- Announced
- 2020
- Process
- 5 nm
- TDP (typical)
- 6 W
- Architecture
- Armv8.4
CPU
- Cores
- 6
- Core configuration
- 2x3.0 GHz + 4x1.82 GHz
- Max clock
- 3 GHz
GPU
- GPU
- Apple GPU (4-core)
AI
- NPU
- 16-core Neural Engine
- AI performance
- 11 TOPS
Memory
- Memory type
- LPDDR4X-4266
- Max bandwidth
- 34.1 GB/s
Connectivity
- Modem
- External (Snapdragon X55)
Media
- Video capture
- 4K@60fps
Benchmarks
- Geekbench 6 (single)
- 2,171Top 16%
- Geekbench 6 (multi)
- 5,064Top 21%
- 3DMark Wild Life Extreme
- 2,152Top 24%
Devices with the Apple A14 Bionic
6 devices in our catalog use this chip
Quick answers
Is the Apple A14 Bionic good in 2026?
The Apple A14 Bionic earns an Inno Score of 45.9/100 (“Below average”) based on its specs and benchmark results. The first 5nm smartphone chip, debuting in the iPad Air before the iPhone 12. Its Firestorm cores and new 16-core Neural Engine set the single-core benchmark for 2020, while the conservative 4-core GPU played it safe.
Which devices use the Apple A14 Bionic?
6 devices in our catalog use the Apple A14 Bionic: iPad 10th Gen (A14), iPhone 12 Pro Max, iPhone 12 Pro, iPhone 12 mini, iPhone 12, and more.
What are the key specs of the Apple A14 Bionic?
Cores: 6 · Process: 5 nm · GPU: Apple GPU (4-core)
What are the closest alternatives to the Apple A14 Bionic?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, MediaTek Dimensity 9000, Huawei Kirin T93 Pro — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
