Take A Look At The Capabilities Of The New A14 Chipset For IPhone 12

Prosessor Appe A14 Bionic (Reddit)

JAKARTA - Apple has prepared various updates to release its newest flagship smartphone, namely the iPhone 12. Although the release schedule had to be delayed due to the corona virus, Apple has reportedly completed the latest generation of the A14 bionic chipset.

It is known that TSMC as a semiconductor company subscribed to Apple will soon produce the Apple A14 chipset with a 5nm fabrication which will be used in the next Apple smartphone, namely the iPhone 12 Series. The A14 chipset supports 5G connectivity.

Reporting from 9to5mac, the 5nm fabrication of the A14 bionic chipset is a big upgrade for Apple's latest series. This capability is even equivalent to the chipset embedded in the 2019 iPad Pro.

"If we take TSMC on increasing transistor density from the 5nm process, we're looking at an incredible 15 billion transistors. That's more than anything but the biggest high-end desktop and server CPUs and GPUs," said MacWorld's Jason Cross.

In terms of specifications, Apple uses extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) thoroughly on this new chipset. This allows the A14 bionic processor to run 15 percent faster with minimum power when it comes to multi-core performance.

"The combination of architectural changes and the speed of time will yield good results. I wouldn't be surprised if the Geekbench 5 multi-core score crawled to 5,000 or more," he explained.

GPU calculation result A14 Bionic (doc. Appleinsider)

"For what it's worth, the fastest Android phone has a score of about 3,000 on this test, and a score of 5,000 would be similar to a CPU on a mainstream 6-core desktop or a high-end laptop CPU. Similar to the 15-inch MacBook Pro," added Jason.

According to Jason, the performance of the GPU and 6GB RAM allows the iPhone 12 series to work faster than its predecessor phones. About the game, Apple claims the A14 can show its best performance on the Apple Arcade service.

With the higher transistor budget, and given by the 5nm manufacturing process, it is thought that Apple will add Neural Engine (NE) cores to the chipset. By combining the CPU, GPU AND NE makes the A14 at least twice as fast as the old chipset A13.

So, immersing the A14 chipset in the iPhone 12 is expected to be Apple's first chip with hardware decoding of the AV1 video codec. That means this processor can present video processing with better quality, with better image quality.