Apple A12X
| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launched | A12X: October 30, 2018 A12Z: March 18, 2020 |
| Discontinued | A12X: March 18, 2020 A12Z: April 20, 2021 |
| Designed by | Apple Inc. |
| Common manufacturer | |
| Product code | APL1083 |
| Max. CPU clock rate | to 2.49 GHz |
| Physical specifications | |
| Cores |
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| GPUs | Apple-designed integrated graphics A12X: 7 core GPU |
| Cache | |
| L1 cache | 256 KB (per core):
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| L2 cache | 8 MB |
| Architecture and classification | |
| Application | Mobile |
| Technology node | TSMC N7 |
| Microarchitecture | Vortex Tempest |
| Instruction set | A64 – ARMv8.3-A |
| Products, models, variants | |
| Variant | |
| History | |
| Predecessor | Apple A10X |
| Successor | Apple M1 |
The Apple A12X Bionic is a 64-bit ARM system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc. and fabricated by TSMC. Part of the Apple silicon series, it first appeared in the iPad Pro (3rd generation), announced on October 30, 2018. The A12X is an 8-core variant of the A12 (four big cores, four small cores) and Apple states that it has 35 percent faster single-core CPU performance and 90 percent faster overall CPU performance than its predecessor, the Apple A10X. The Apple A12Z Bionic is an updated version of the A12X, adding an additional GPU core, and was unveiled on March 18, 2020, as part of the iPad Pro (4th generation).
The Apple A12X was discontinued on March 18, 2020 with the discontinuation of the iPad Pro (3rd generation), and the Apple A12Z was discontinued on April 20, 2021 with the discontinuation of the iPad Pro (4th generation). The latest macOS version for the A12Z in the Developer Transition Kit is macOS 11.2.3, released on March 8, 2021. Other devices using the A12X and A12Z are still supported.