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Apple Claims A14 Bionic 50% Better than Competition; AnTuTu Ranks iPhone 12 Pro Max 3.6% Below Z Fold 2
The iPhone 12 series is based on the Apple A14 Bionic processor, a 64-bit SoC that was designed by the company and produced by Taiwan Semi (TSM) using a 5nm process and is essentially the same device as in the iPad Air. It is a 6 core processor (2 fast and 4 slow) that includes a GPU, a 16 core neural network engine, a new image processor, and a matrix accelerator that is common to AI systems. The A13 the processor was used in the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE. Tim Cook said at the announcement that the A14 performed 50% higher than its competitors.
AnTuTu released its initial benchmark results for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. Published on Weibo, the results do not paint the A14 Bionic in a good light. While Geekbench offers an insight into CPU performance, AnTuTu also measures the power of the GPU in the A14 Bionic, pitting it against the likes of the Adreno 650 in the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865+.
Unsurprisingly, the 6 GB of RAM of the iPhone 12 Pro allows it to outperform its predecessor by a margin in the MEM and UX benchmarks. Nonetheless, initial benchmarks suggest that the A14 Bionic is not the 50% improvement over competing smartphone chipsets that Apple claims it is.
The iPhone 12 series is based on the Apple A14 Bionic processor, a 64-bit SoC that was designed by the company and produced by Taiwan Semi (TSM) using a 5nm process and is essentially the same device as in the iPad Air. It is a 6 core processor (2 fast and 4 slow) that includes a GPU, a 16 core neural network engine, a new image processor, and a matrix accelerator that is common to AI systems. The A13 the processor was used in the iPhone 11 and iPhone SE. Tim Cook said at the announcement that the A14 performed 50% higher than its competitors.
AnTuTu released its initial benchmark results for the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro. Published on Weibo, the results do not paint the A14 Bionic in a good light. While Geekbench offers an insight into CPU performance, AnTuTu also measures the power of the GPU in the A14 Bionic, pitting it against the likes of the Adreno 650 in the Snapdragon 865 and Snapdragon 865+.
- AnTuTu points to a 20% CPU improvement for the A14 Bionic from last year's A13 Bionic, which is comparable to what we have seen in Geekbench.
- Geekbench initially presented multi-core performance worse for the iPhone 12 Pro, but subsequent results have shown that the A14 Bionic is scoring around 20% more than the A13 Bionic in multi-core work too.
Unsurprisingly, the 6 GB of RAM of the iPhone 12 Pro allows it to outperform its predecessor by a margin in the MEM and UX benchmarks. Nonetheless, initial benchmarks suggest that the A14 Bionic is not the 50% improvement over competing smartphone chipsets that Apple claims it is.
