|first announced=September 12, 2018

|first launched=September 21, 2018

|frequency=2,490 MHz (Big)

'''A12 Bionic''', also known as Apple H11P (engineering name) is a {{arch|64}} [[hexa-core]] [[ARM]] performance mobile [[SoC]] introduced by [[Apple]] in late [[2018]] as a successor to the {{\\|A11}}.

It is codenamed Cyprus.

Fabricated on [[TSMC]] [[7 nm process]] and integrating 6.9 billion [[transistors]], the A12 features two [[big cores|big]] {{apple|Vortex|l=arch}} cores operating at up to 2.4 GHz along with four [[little cores|little]] {{apple|Tempest|l=arch}} high-efficiency cores. Apple claims the big cores are up to 15% faster than the one in the {{\\|A11}} while being up to 40% more efficient. For the four high-efficiency cores, Apple claims up to 50% higher efficiency. Note that all six cores can operate concurrently.  

The A12 features an Apple-designed graphics processor that is said to deliver up to 50% higher performance as well as a [[neural processor]] capable of peak performance of 5 TOPS (int8).

 

 

The A12 incorporates Apple's [[image signal processor]] (ISP), codename Petra, for camera related applications. The ISP is said to deliver faster depth engine and an improved video processor.

The A12 chip features an improved [[neural engine]], codename Quin. Apple stated this is an 8-core design (the {{\\|A11}} featured what they called a dual-core design). The new engine is capable of performing real-time processing at 5 trillion 8-bit operations per second (up from 600 billion).