iPad
iPad (A16)
1 chip
A16 Bionic (6c CPU / 5c GPU)
iPad (10th gen)
1 chip
A14 Bionic (6c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (9th gen)
1 chip
A13 Bionic (6c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (8th gen)
1 chip
A12 Bionic (6c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (7th gen)
1 chip
A10 Fusion (4c CPU / 6c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (6th gen)
1 chip
A10 Fusion (4c CPU / 6c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (5th gen)
1 chip
A9 (2c CPU / 6c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (4th gen)
1 chip
A6X (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (3rd gen)
1 chip
A5X (2c CPU / 4c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad 2
1 chip
A5 (2c CPU / 2c GPU)
Discontinued
iPad (1st gen)
1 chip
A4 (1c CPU / 1c GPU)
Discontinued
Chip Comparison
| Spec | A16 Bionic 6c CPU / 5c GPU |
A14 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
A13 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
A12 Bionic 6c CPU / 4c GPU |
A10 Fusion 4c CPU / 6c GPU |
A9 2c CPU / 6c GPU |
A6X 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
A5X 2c CPU / 4c GPU |
A5 2c CPU / 2c GPU |
A4 1c CPU / 1c GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Devices | iPad (A16) | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CPU | ||||||||||
| CPU Cores | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Performance Cores | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | – | – |
| Performance CPU Name | Everest | Firestorm | Lightning | Vortex | Hurricane | Twister | Swift | – | – | – |
| Performance Core Speed (GHz) | 3.46 | 3 | 2.65 | 2.49 | 2.34 | 1.85 | 1.4 | 1 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Efficiency Cores | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Efficiency CPU Name | Sawtooth | Icestorm | Thunder | Tempest | Zephyr | – | – | – | – | – |
| Efficiency Core Speed (GHz) | 2.02 | – | – | – | 1.05 | – | – | – | – | – |
| CPU ISA | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.1-A | ARMv8-A | ARMv7s | ARMv7-A | ARMv7-A | ARMv7-A |
| GPU | ||||||||||
| GPU cores | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Execution Units | – | 64 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| ALU Count | – | 512 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| GPU Frequency (GHz) | 1.398 | – | – | – | 900 | 650 | 300 | – | – | – |
| Ray Tracing | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| GPU Vendor | Apple | Apple | Apple | Apple | PowerVR | PowerVR | PowerVR | PowerVR | PowerVR | PowerVR |
| NPU | ||||||||||
| Neural Engine cores | 16 | 16 | 8 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Neural Engine TOPS | 17 | 11 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Memory | ||||||||||
| Memory bandwidth (GB/s) | – | – | – | – | – | – | 17 | 12.8 | – | – |
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4 | LPDDR2 | LPDDR2 | LPDDR2 | LPDDR |
| Memory options (GB) | 6 |
4 6 |
3 4 |
3 4 |
2 3 |
2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Media Engine | ||||||||||
| Hardware Acceleration |
H264 HEVC ProRes |
H264 HEVC |
H264 HEVC |
H264 HEVC |
H264 HEVC |
H264 HEVC |
H264 | H264 | H264 | H264 |
| Semiconductor Tech | ||||||||||
| Process node (nm) | 4 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 16 | 32 | 45 | 45 | 45 |
| Transistors (billion) | 16 | 11.8 | 8.5 | 6.9 | 3.28 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Die size (mm²) | – | 88 | 98.48 | 83.27 | 125 | – | 123 | 165 | 122.2 | 53.3 |
| Part number | APL1W10 | APL1W01 | – | APL1W81 | APL1W24 | APL1022 | S5L8955X | S5L8945X | S5L8940X | S5L8930X |
| Release date | 2022-09-07 | 2020-09-15 | 2019-09-10 | 2018-09-12 | 2016-09-07 | 2015-09-09 | 2012-10-23 | 2012-03-07 | 2011-10-04 | 2010-06-07 |