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Apple A12Z Bionic GPU vs Qualcomm Adreno 643

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 643

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The Qualcomm Adreno 643 is an integrated graphics unit (iGPU) that is used in the Qualcomm QCM6490 and QCS6490. The SoC is not only intended for use in Android-based smartphones and tablets, but also for IoT products with Linux, Ubuntu or Windows 11 IoT Enterprise. In the QCM6490 and QCS6490 the 643 clocks at 812 MHz.

Apple A12Z Bionic GPUQualcomm Adreno 643
Adreno 600 Series
A12Z Bionic GPU 8
A12X Bionic GPU compare 7
A12 Bionic GPU compare 4
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Adreno 650 compare @ 0.25 - 0.67 GHz
Adreno 690 compare
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Adreno 680 compare
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Adreno 643 @ 0.81 GHz
Adreno 642 compare
Adreno 642L compare
Adreno 640 compare
Adreno 630 compare
Adreno 620 compare
Adreno 619 compare
Adreno 619L compare
Adreno 618 compare
Adreno 616 compare
Adreno 612 compare
Adreno 610 compare
Pipelines8 - unified
Shared Memorynoyes
technology7 nm6 nm
Date of Announcement18.03.2020 12.08.2021
Core Speed812 MHz
APIDirectX 12, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, Vulkan 1.x
FeaturesOpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0, DirectX 12, Vulkan 1.1
CPU in A12Z Bionic GPUGPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Apple A12Z Bionic8 x ? MHz? MHz? MHz
CPU in Adreno 643GPU Base SpeedGPU Boost / Turbo
Qualcomm QCM64908 x 1960 MHz812 MHz? MHz

Benchmarks

3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 220422     avg: 221182     median: 221182 (25%)     max: 221941 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited
6499 Points (32%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Graphics
7131 Points (21%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited
3135 Points (2%)
3DMark - 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Unlimited
887 Points (1%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 4K Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
8.2 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins High Tier Offscreen
18 fps (3%)
GFXBench - GFXBench 5.0 Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen
49 fps (4%)
GFXBench - GFXBench Car Chase Offscreen
40 fps (5%)
GFXBench 3.1 - GFXBench Manhattan ES 3.1 Offscreen
69 fps (1%)
GFXBench 3.0 - GFXBench 3.0 Manhattan Offscreen
90 fps (5%)
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7
GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16 + Qualcomm Adreno 643
GFXBench (DX / GLBenchmark) 2.7 - GFXBench T-Rex HD Offscreen C24Z16
159 fps (1%)
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 GPU
192996 Points (24%)
Basemark GPU 1.2 - Basemark GPU 1.2 Vulkan Official Medium Offscreen 1080
51.8 fps (0%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU OpenCL
2937 Points (1%)
Geekbench 6.2 - Geekbench 6.2 GPU Vulkan
3054 Points (1%)
Power Consumption - GFXBench Aztec Ruins Normal Tier Offscreen Power Consumption 150cd *
5.9 Watt (2%)

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- Range of benchmark values for this graphics card
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* 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.

Genshin Impact

Genshin Impact

2020
low
Adreno 643:
58  fps
med.
Adreno 643:
40  fps
ultra
Adreno 643:
38  fps
PUBG Mobile

PUBG Mobile

2018
low
Adreno 643:
60  fps
med.
Adreno 643:
40  fps
high
100%
A12Z Bionic GPU:
31  fps
129%
Adreno 643:
40  fps
Dead Trigger 2

Dead Trigger 2

2013
high
Adreno 643:
60  fps
Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends

2013
high
100%
A12Z Bionic GPU:
60  fps

Average Gaming Apple A12Z Bionic GPU → 100%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 100%

Average Gaming Qualcomm Adreno 643 → 129%

Average Gaming 30-70 fps → 129%

Qualcomm Adreno 643lowmed.highultraQHD4K
Genshin Impact584038
PUBG Mobile604040
Dead Trigger 260
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Asphalt 9: Legends60
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Redaktion, 2017-09- 8 (Update: 2023-07- 1)