Which is better, Apple s A12Z processor or A14 s processor

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The iPad Air 4 debuted with an A14 processor, which seems to be somehow more advanced than the iPad Pro, as explained by Tim Milllet, Apple's vice president of platform architecture, and Tom Boger, senior director of product marketing for the Mac iPad.

From the architectural point of view, A14 is still a 6-core CPU + 4-core GPU, while A12Z is an 8-core CPU + 8-core GPU.

Boger pointed out that the A14 is based on the latest 5nm process and is the latest core, so it will outperform the A12Z in many scenarios.

In fact, the leaked Geekbench score has confirmed that the A14's single-core score exceeds 1500 points, and the multi-core score is close to 4200 points, while the A12X's single-core score is only 1150 points.

However, in terms of GPU, 4 cores are obviously difficult to beat 8 cores, and Apple believes that the iPad Pro's A12Z is more suitable for graphics work and professional users for high-performance workloads, and there is a huge difference in computing power.

Therefore, the iPad Pro's A12Z is not completely behind the iPad Air 4's A14, it should be said that each has its own wins and losses. If it's a heavy gaming, ** user, obviously the iPad Pro is more suitable.

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The Apple A12 processor two years ago compared with the latest A14, will it be beaten in terms of smoothness?

In terms of single-core performance, the A14 processor is better than the A12Z. In terms of multi-core performance and GPU performance, A12Z is stronger than the processor using 5nm process process, equipped with 6-core CPU, the main frequency is, and the GPU is 4 cores; The A12Z processor is manufactured using a 7nm process and is equipped with an 8-core CPU, with a frequency of 8 cores and a GPU.

The advantage of the A14 is the single-core performance. As for the multi-hidden pin core performance as well as GPU performance, the A12Z is better. In addition, the A14 adopts a more advanced process, with a higher transistor density and better energy consumption control.

As the flagship of the previous generation, the A12Z is specifically tailored for Pro-class tablets, so the performance is still very strong. Although the A14 is more advanced, it is designed to focus more on energy efficiency and space because it is only aimed at products such as mobile phones and entry-level tablets.

Technical features: A14 As the world's first 5nm SoC, TSMC's 5nm process has been greatly improved, compared with 7nm (first-generation DUV), the new 5nm chip based on Cortex A72 core can provide double the logic density, 15% faster speed, or 30% lower power consumption.

The number of transistors has reached 11.8 billion, while the number of transistors in the A13 is 8.5 billion. Previously, the SoC with the largest number of transistors was the Kirin 990 series' 10.3 billion, but the stove Yuyu is also due to the integrated baseband.

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The Apple A15 processor will be equipped with a 5-core GPU, and at least a 35% performance upgrade is expected. In terms of the CPU of the A15 processor, it is expected to still be a design of two large cores + four small cores, but it is rumored that the performance will be improved by 20% compared with the A14, and according to the whistleblower, this is related to the SVE2 scalable vector expansion on the A15 processor.

In addition, the processor will also be powered by TSMC.

The N5P process will further increase the performance at the process level, further reduce the power consumption, and it is also rumored that there will be a new ALS (Ambient Light Sensor) processing block.

Apple A15 processor precautions.

The A15 processor provides users with a new second-generation 5nm manufacturing process, which can effectively reduce the power consumption problem of the chip and provide users with a lower power consumption performance experience. The performance will be increased by at least 30%, the single-core performance and multi-core performance will be increased by about 10%, and the energy consumption will be significantly reduced.

The chip is powered by the latest integrated 5G network.

Further reducing the 5G power consumption of the chip, compared with the previous generation of 5G, the power consumption is further reduced, which can provide users with a better 5G performance experience of the chip.

In overall comparison, A15 is definitely stronger than A12Z, after all, the 5nm process has a significant improvement in processing efficiency and power consumption. Power consumption aside, the A15's single-core performance will be higher than that of the A12Z, but the first guess is that the multi-core performance and graphics performance are not as good as the A12Z. So here's the problem, the areas that these two chips focus on are different, which is why A12Z is only used on iPad Pro, from the perspective of Zen Qinlib, A12Z is more advantageous than A15.

The A12Z processor is in the mid-to-high-end segment. The A12Z is equipped with an 8-core 1GHz GPU, and its OpenCL graphics performance score reaches 11315 points. In contrast, the AMD R5 4500U is equipped with a VEGA 6 specification with 6 cores and a running score of 11034 points, while the i7-1065G7 is equipped with a 64EU core graphics score of 11224 points, which is not as good as the core graphics performance of the A12Z.

Judging from the actual demonstration, the Apple A12Z processor is at ease in the case of office software, in addition to simple office software such as Word, etc., which can easily do it, even Lightroom, Photoshop, and even Maya, Final Cut Pro and other medium and high-load software that eat the performance of graphics cards can also run smoothly, and the fluency seems to be better than Intel's version of Mac computers.

But for gamers, the A12Z works more so-so. Judging from the demonstration effect at WWDC 2020, A12Z is roughly able to run Tomb Raider at 1080 30 fps, which seems to show that the A12Z chip can indeed meet the needs of productivity computing when placed on Mac, but it is still very difficult to cope with games, especially large games.

Purely in terms of performance, the A12X is the most powerful, but the overall configuration is because the A13 is used on the iPhone 11, and the positioning of the iPhone and iPad is still different, so don't judge the device by the processor.

The main reason for this is that the A12X BIONIC is better than the A13 BIONIC in terms of performance

Holding an iPhone 11 Pro in your hand

Did you cry when you lost three? As for why the iPhone is not equipped with the A12X Bionic, it is because the iPad provides enough internal space and a larger battery for this chip, which the small iPhone cannot accommodate.

Users complain a lot about the iPhone, it does not support 5G, bath bomb camera layout, etc., but what is rarely complained about is the vertical empty chain of the performance table, the reason is very clear, in the mobile SoC, Apple's A series is the absolute king, and there is no slot at all.

Even with the A11 BIONIC

The iPhone 8 has been released for two years, and it can also run the current mainstream games smoothly, and its strong performance can be seen, so it is only Apple itself that can beat Apple's A series SoC.

The next ranking is the iPhone 11 series released this year, followed by the iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone 11 Pro, and iPhone 11, with a score of , all equipped with A13 Bionic.

There is no doubt that this is a SoC with a high overall quality, Apple officially said that its peak performance is about 20% higher than that of the previous generation A12 Bionic, but according to the data provided by the background, the A13 Bionic exceeds 20% in sustained performance.