Apple A12
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The Apple A12 Bionic is a 64-bit ARM-based system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc.[8] It first appeared in the iPhone XS and XS Max, iPhone XR, iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Mini (5th generation), 8th generation iPad and Apple TV 4K (2nd generation).[8][5] Apple states that the two high-performance cores are 15% faster and 50% more energy-efficient than the Apple A11's, and the four high-efficiency cores use 50% less power than the A11's.[8][7] It is the first mass-market system on a chip to be built using the 7 nm process.[9]
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Launched | September 12, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-12) |
Discontinued | October 18, 2022; 18 months ago (2022-10-18) |
Designed by | Apple Inc. |
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Product code | APL1W81[2] |
Max. CPU clock rate | to 2.49[3] GHz |
Cache | |
L1 cache | 128 KB instruction, 128 KB data |
L2 cache | 8 MB |
Architecture and classification | |
Application | Mobile |
Technology node | 7 nm[4][5] (N7)[6] |
Microarchitecture | "Vortex" and "Tempest" |
Instruction set | A64 – ARMv8.3-A |
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GPU(s) | Apple-designed 4 core "Apple G11P"[4][7] |
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History | |
Predecessor(s) | Apple A11 |
Successor(s) | Apple A13 |
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