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Apple A12Z Bionic GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 616

Apple A12Z Bionic GPU

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The Apple A12Z Bionic graphics card is the integrated GPU in the Apple A12Z Bionic SoC in the 2020 iPad Pro models. It was designed by Apple and not licensed by PowerVR and should be based on the same architecture as the A12X and A12 GPUs with more cores. The A12Z offer 8 GPU cores, where the older A12X in the 2018 iPad Pro series offered 7. Interestingly, Apple did not choose to create a new variant of the current Apple A13 chip used in the iPhone 11 models.

The architecture should be similar to the older PowerVR graphics cards like the A10 GPU, but currently Apple is not disclosing any information about the architecture.

The performance should be slightly faster than the old iPad pro models and therefore significantly faster than the iPhone SoCs and Android competitors.

The chip should be still manufactured in 7nm at TSMC and offer a very good efficiency.

Qualcomm Adreno 616

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The Qualcomm Adreno 616 is a mobile graphics card for upper mid-range smartphones and tablets (mostly Android based). It is included in the Qualcomm Snapdragon 710 SoCs and based on the Adreno 600 architecture (like the Adreno 630, which should be fully compatible in software).

According to Qualcomm up to 30% faster than the previous generation (Adreno 512 in the Snapdragon 660).

The GPU supports modern standards like Vulkan 1.0 (according to Wikipedia), OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0 and DirectX 11 (FL 11_1).

Apple A12Z Bionic GPUQualcomm Adreno 616
Adreno 600 Series
A12Z Bionic GPU 8
A12X Bionic GPU compare 7
A12 Bionic GPU compare 4
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Adreno 616
Adreno 613 compare @ 0.96 GHz
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Pipelines8 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology7 nm14 nm
Date of Announcement18.03.2020 15.12.2015
ArchitectureAdreno 600
APIDirectX 12.1, OpenGL ES 3.2, Vulkan
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Direct3D 12 (FL 12_1)
CPU in A12Z Bionic GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A12Z Bionic8 x ? MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 616GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7128 x 2300 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7108 x 2200 MHz? MHz? MHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6708 x 2016 MHz? MHz? MHz
min. - max.? MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 220422     avg: 221182     median: 221182 (25%)     max: 221941 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Graphics
min: 2146     avg: 2733     median: 2847 (6%)     max: 3248 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
min: 1742     avg: 1917     median: 1913.5 (10%)     max: 2217 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
min: 1611     avg: 1825     median: 1853.5 (6%)     max: 2147 Points
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
min: 4.4     avg: 5.2     median: 5.1 (1%)     max: 7.8 fps
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
min: 12     avg: 13.6     median: 14 (1%)     max: 16 fps
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 616
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 2D Graphics Tests
min: 8622     avg: 9428     median: 9192.5 (9%)     max: 10698 Points
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 3D Graphics Tests
min: 2466     avg: 2689     median: 2629.5 (5%)     max: 2911 Points

Average Benchmarks Apple A12Z Bionic GPU → 100% n=1

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Adreno 616 → 17% n=1

- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
- Average benchmark values for this graphics card
* Smaller numbers mean a higher performance
1 This benchmark is not used for the average calculation

Game Benchmarks

The following benchmarks stem from our benchmarks of review laptops. The performance depends on the used graphics memory, clock rate, processor, system settings, drivers, and operating systems. So the results don't have to be representative for all laptops with this GPU. For detailed information on the benchmark results, click on the fps number.

PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 616:
30 38 40 ~ 36 fps
high
100%
A12Z Bionic GPU:
31  fps
97%
Adreno 616:
27 30 30 30 30 30 30 ~ 30 fps
Arena of Valor

Arena of Valor

2018
low
Adreno 616:
31 60 60 60 ~ 53 fps
ultra
Adreno 616:
54 57 60 60 ~ 58 fps
Shadow Fight 3

Shadow Fight 3

2018
low
Adreno 616:
59 60 60 ~ 60 fps
high
Adreno 616:
59 60 60 60 60 ~ 60 fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 616:
30 60 60 ~ 50 fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
low
Adreno 616:
26 29 30 30 30 ~ 29 fps
high
100%
A12Z Bionic GPU:
60  fps
47%
Adreno 616:
22 27 29 29 29 29 30 30 ~ 28 fps

Average Gaming Apple A12Z Bionic GPU → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 616 → 72%

Qualcomm Adreno 616lowmed.highultraQHD4K
PUBG Mobile3630
Arena of Valor5358
Shadow Fight 36060
Dead Trigger 250
Asphalt 9: Legends2928
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