Apple A12X

Apple A12X

Apple A12X
General information
Marketed by	Apple
Announced	October 2018
Manufactured by	TSMC N7 ("7 nm")
Specifications
Transistors	10 billion
CPU(s)	8 4x Apple Vortex @ 2.49 GHz 4x Apple Tempest @ 1.59 GHz
GPU	6x Apple GPU (A12X) 8x Apple GPU (A12Z)
NPU	8x "Neural Engine"
RAM	LPDDR4X-4266
Modem	not available
Architecture and classification
Application	Tablets
Process node	7 nm
Architecture	ARM
Microarchitecture	Apple Vortex Apple Tempest
Instruction set	ARMv8.3-A (64-bit)
Cache
Cache L1	128 KiB + 128 KiB
Cache L2	8 MB
Identification
Model(s)	APL1083
Marketing name(s)	Apple A12X Bionic Apple A12Z Bionic
Variant(s)	Apple A12
Core name(s)	Apple Vortex Apple Tempest
History
Predecessor	Apple A10X

Apple A12X Bionic is a tablet processor from Apple, announced in October, 2018.

Apple A12Z Bionic is a tablet processor from Apple, announced in March, 2020.

Devices

A12X Bionic

• Apple iPad Pro (11-inch) (2018)
• Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2018)

A12Z Bionic

• Apple iPad Pro (11-inch) (2020)
• Apple iPad Pro (12.9-inch) (2020)
• Apple Developer Transition Kit

Apple processors [e]
Mobile	Apple A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 Pro A18 (A18 Pro)
PC	Apple M1 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M2 (Pro, Max, Ultra) Apple M3 (Pro, Max) Apple M4
Tablet	Apple A5X A6X A8X A9X A10X A12X/A12Z
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