The iPhone 12 is reportedly on the way to a big presentation at a September 8 event, and now the pieces of Apple’s flagship phone are literally coming together.
The latest leak reveals the first clear pictures of RAM for the 5nm Aion Bionic processor, which should circle circles around Android phones in terms of performance, including the Samsung Galaxy Note 20.
The photos are courtesy of Mr. White on Twitter, who has a pretty good track record for leaks. The leak also predicted in June that the iPhone 12 would support a 20W power adapter, which has been endorsed by other sources.
As reported by MacRumors, the 2016 numbering in RAM indicates that it was manufactured during week 16 of 2020, meaning that it occurred in April.
iPhone 12 RAM: How Much Is Enough?
Based on previous leaks, the 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Max should be equipped with 4GB of RAM, while the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max will have 6GB of RAM.
A14 RAM pic.twitter.com/UttGtfRRX827 July 2020
On paper, this would appear to put the iPhone 12 at a disadvantage against the Samsung Galaxy Note 20. The Note 20 is expected to have 8GB of RAM, while the Galaxy Note 20 will have 12GB of RAM.
However, the iPhone 12 should have a higher processor than the Galaxy Note 20. The Bionic A14 chip, which is said to have been manufactured by TSMC, will offer 15% faster and 30% more efficient performance. This is because the chip is manufactured through a 5nm process, compared to 7nm for the A13 Bionic.
iPhone 12 vs Galaxy Note 20: why Apple should win
In March, a Geekbench listing for the A14 Bionic allegedly leaked online. The chip achieved a multicore score of 4,612 points, which, as AppleInsider noted, is even better than the 4,568-point result of the A12X processor on the 12.9-inch iPad Pro.
By context, the Galaxy S20 Ultra with the Snapdragon 965 scored 3,076 in the Geekbench multi-core portion. We haven’t seen leaked benchmarks for the Galaxy Note 20 yet, but it will likely feature Qualcomm’s slightly updated Snapdragon 865 Plus chip.
This new processor increases the core clock speed on the chipset’s Kryo 585 Prime CPU by 10% at 3.1GHz. And the Adreno 650 GPU featured in the on-chip system can render graphics 10% faster than the Snapdragon 865.
However, the Snapdragon 865 Plus is made with the same 7nm process as the regular Snapdragon 865, and it doesn’t appear that the performance gains are enough to outperform the A14 Bionic on the iPhone 12.
We’ll have to see if the additional RAM in the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Note 20 Ultra can make up for what a weaker CPU should be, but right now it looks like the iPhone 12 should have an advantage.
