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Apple’s iPhone 12 launch is almost here, and while we know pretty much everything (both good and bad), it seems the company had a big surprise up its sleeve. Until now.
Apple iPhone 12 range (renderings based on multiple leaks)
Recently leaked benchmarks for Apple’s groundbreaking A14 Bionic chipset have revealed drastically better-than-expected performance, following worrying results for hardware destined for the iPhone 12 last month. But could you get swept up in a problem created by Apple?
Collected by a well-known industry insider Ice universe, the A14 Bionic chip was quietly tested on Geekbench and received single-core and multi-core scores of 1583 and 419, respectively. This equates to 20% more single-core scores and roughly 30% higher multi-core scores than the A13 Bionic inside the iPhone 11. For context, this beats the Snapdragon 865+ (973 single-core , 3346 multi-core) used in current Android flagships.
Apple A14 chip: prototype image leaked
That being said, there is one area of concern. The test scores come from Apple’s upcoming iPad Air 4, which was the first device to be announced with the A14 Bionic. Given the large battery capacity of this iPad, the A14 can work without hindrance, but the same may not be true for the iPhone 12 range. This year, Apple has chosen to significantly degrade its batteries compared to the iPhone 11 line. So it remains to be seen whether the A14 Bionic in these phones should operate in a lower power state to conserve power.
Either way, the A14 Bionic (which is also the world’s first 5nm chipset) seems set to be the bright light in a rather disappointing iPhone update year, bringing incremental design changes, iPhone 12 Pro-centric updates. Max and price increases, despite removing both EarPods and a wall charger from the box.
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