Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple M5 (iPad)
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: Apple M5 (iPad) (99/100)
Apple M5 (iPad) leads overall with a score of 99/100 compared to Apple A12 Bionic (45/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose Apple M5 (iPad):
- + Higher Performance score (99 vs 43)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| DeviceBenchmark Score | 45.0 Poor | — |
| Performance | 43.0 Poor | 99.0 Excellent WINNER |
| NanoReview Score | — | 99.0 Excellent |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3DMark
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | — |
| Stability | 65% | 71% |
| Graphics test | — | 30 FPS |
| Section 1 | — | 88 FPS |
| Section 2 | — | 63 FPS |
| Section 3 | — | 46 FPS |
AI Accelerator
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | — |
| Neural processor (NPU) | — | Apple Neural Engine |
AnTuTu 11
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | 309104 | 965229 |
| GPU | 144993 | 1313129 |
| Memory | 139578 | 458312 |
| Total score | 895627 | — |
| UX | 301952 | 660296 |
| Total score | — | 3396957 |
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest | 4x 4.61 GHz –6x 2.95 GHz – |
| Cores | 6 | 10 |
| Frequency | 2490 MHz | 4610 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | — |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | — |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | — |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | — |
| Transistor count | 6.9 billion | — |
| Instruction set | — | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | — | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | — | 16 MB |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | — |
| 5G support | No | — |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | — |
| Modem | Intel XMM 7560 | C1X |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
| Upload speed | Up to 350 Mbps | — |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 7 |
| 4G support | — | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | — | Yes |
GeekBench 6
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| API | Metal | Metal |
| Asset compression | 116.8 MB/sec | — |
| Background blur | 11.2 images/sec | — |
| Edge detection | 0.39 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Face detection | 19.2 images/sec | — |
| Feature matching | 0.12 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Gaussian blur | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | — |
| HDR | 98.7 Mpixels/sec | 549.3 Mpixels/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 59.4 pages/sec | — |
| Horizon detection | 0.26 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Image detection | 23.7 images/sec | — |
| PDF Renderer | 71.7 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Particle physics | 608.2 FPS | — |
| Photo processing | 36.1 images/sec | — |
| Ray tracing | 3.49 Mpixels/sec | — |
| Samples | 5 tests | 4 tests |
| Stereo matching | 24.1 Gpixels/sec | — |
| Asset compression | — | 576.8 MB/sec |
| Background blur | — | 55 images/sec |
| Edge detection | — | 2.84 Gpixels/sec |
| Face detection | — | 177.6 images/sec |
| Feature matching | — | 0.95 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | — | 5.76 Gpixels/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | — | 374.9 pages/sec |
| Horizon detection | — | 2.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Image detection | — | 452.7 images/sec |
| PDF Renderer | — | 380 Mpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | — | 6580.5 FPS |
| Photo processing | — | 161.4 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | — | 18.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | — | 188 Gpixels/sec |
Graphics
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| FLOPS | 576 Gigaflops | 4147.2 Gigaflops |
| GPU frequency | 1125 MHz | — |
| Pipelines | 4 | — |
| Shading units | 64 | — |
| Total shaders | 256 | — |
| GPU frequency | — | 1620 MHz |
Info
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | September 2018 | October 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | — |
| Successor | -Apple A19 Pro | — |
| Model number | — | T8142 |
Memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 8x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gb/s | — |
| Max size | 4 GB | — |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | — |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | — |
| Max bandwidth | — | 153 Gb/s |
| Max size | — | 24 GB |
| Memory frequency | — | 4800 MHz |
| Memory type | — | LPDDR5X |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codecs | - AAC- AAC‑LC- AAX and AAX+- Apple Lossless- HE‑AAC- HE‑AAC v2- Linear PCM- MP3 | — |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | — |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | — |
| Storage type | NVMe | — |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | — |
| Video codecs | - H.264- H.265- Motion JPEG | — |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | — |
| Audio codecs | — | - AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV |
| Max display resolution | — | 2752 x 2064 |
| Storage type | — | NVMe |
| Video capture | — | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | — | - H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9 |
| Video playback | — | 4K at 60FPS |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | Benchmark |
| 📘 2026-03-17(Hoangg Anhh) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-03-22(Jai) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-05-02(sp_ayz1) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-05-05(Jarukit) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-05-12->Giahuy | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-06-27->USAball386 | GeekBench GPU | — |
| 📘 2026-07-31(Димa) | AnTuTu | — |
| 📘 2026-07-06(Toxicaliv) | — | GeekBench GPU |
| 📘 2026-07-17->Libero | — | GeekBench GPU |
| 📘 2026-08-12(LBWNB) | — | AnTuTu |
Smartphones
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Apple M5 (iPad) |
|---|---|---|
| 1.Apple iPhone XS Max | 842172 | — |
| 2.Apple iPhone XR | 762903 | — |
| 3.Apple iPhone XS | 756483 | — |
| Phones with A12 Bionic | AnTuTu v11 | — |
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