Apple details A14 chipset ahead of iPhone 12 lineup announcement

15 September 2020
The first 5nm chipset is official.

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lol. I can hear some android fans crying over something/nothing.

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    • Anonymous
    • Kxr
    • 16 Sep 2020

    Mediatek sux, 16 Sep 2020https://www.anandtech.com/show/15982/the-asus-rog-phone-iii... moreAnandtech is a joke
    Tell us why isn't there any article about Apple having to pay 500 miliion for batterygate issue?
    Gaming phones score higher since they have dedicated cooling and performance mode is available for the end user.

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      • Lovely
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      • 16 Sep 2020

      New chip, A14, is boasting 11.8 billion transistors, a 38,82% increase over the A13’s 8.5bn figures.

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        • Anonymous
        • DkP
        • 16 Sep 2020

        Seems like they've also hit a wall

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          • Anonymous
          • DkP
          • 16 Sep 2020

          Merrier, 16 Sep 2020You got one thing wrong. Exynos, though inferior in perform... morePerformance wise, you may be right. But kirin never throttles or has huge idle drain.

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            • AnonD-454049
            • PSB
            • 16 Sep 2020

            Why does Apple have to be so stingy with the battery capacity? It's not like their devices are cheap

              Nodal to Mesh, 16 Sep 2020Well for your justification I would like invite you once to... morehttps://www.anandtech.com/show/15982/the-asus-rog-phone-iii-review/4

              Here's the gfxbench and basemark results of iphone 11 and rog phone 3. Anandtech suspects there's some low level cheating going on with 3dmark and sd chipsets, on newer reviews they dont include 3dmark. Dont know about antutu.

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                • Anonymous
                • u7V
                • 16 Sep 2020

                The weakness of Bionic is that iOS.

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                  • Merrier
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                  • 16 Sep 2020

                  MrMing, 16 Sep 2020If Apple can at least provide their iPhones with improved t... moreYou got one thing wrong. Exynos, though inferior in performance to Snapdragon, is still a lot better than Kirin.
                  The Kirin is not even mentioned in their rivalry. So, Exynos is the checkmate & Kirin is still the pawn, according to the 2020 Antutu's Top 10 SoCs list:
                  https://www.gsmarena.com/antutus_new_chart_compares_the_true_performance_of_android_chipsets-news-43287.php

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                    • AnonD-804996
                    • puk
                    • 16 Sep 2020

                    L.O.R.D, 16 Sep 2020"Specs on paper are stupid and meaningless" T... moreObviously we're talking same generation hardware, not hardware a decade apart. Also, that kinda doesn't apply to Apple because of their unique, almost console like hardware and software combination where software is specifically tailored for their devices. Where Android is a multipurpose OS just like Windows. There is just no way Android will ever as optimized as iOS because vendors will never go that far out of their way to optimize it specifically for whatever they are doing.

                      Nick Tagataka, 16 Sep 2020Not quite sure why anyone would want to use Antutu score as... moreWell for your justification I would like invite you once to check out all gpu stretch test.. I didn't find the basemark test of latest SD flagship SoC but in gfx text (all kind of here) and 3d mark android flagships with SD SoC were on the upper hand compared iPhone 11 pro max with A13.. So Antutut wasn't false at all..

                        JDK, 16 Sep 2020There is no way that the apple a14 is 17% better in CPU and... moreThey are indeed comparing with a12, as thats what the last ipad air had. And the increase compared to a13 is indeed pretty low at 17 and 8%

                          Anonymous, 16 Sep 2020Except the table SoC Antutut scores says a different story.. Not quite sure why anyone would want to use Antutu score as a measure of performance, but you can see figures from benchmarks specialised for measuring GPU performance (e.g. GFXBench, Basemark) and you'll see what I mean.

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 16 Sep 2020

                            Nick Tagataka, 16 Sep 2020A-series chip has never lost a lead in GPU performance over... moreExcept the table SoC Antutut scores says a different story..

                              Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020If you install iOS on any other phone, SD865 would score ov... moreOr 100000 because there's no way that anyone could optimise iOS for SD SoC as much as they could do it for A-series SoC. Raw horsepower is of course superiour on Apple's chipset, but also their vertical integration is a key to maximise its performance.

                                Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020If GPU just 8% improvement. They will again lose to 5nm SD875.A-series chip has never lost a lead in GPU performance over high end Snapdragon counterparts in a last couple of years, just saying. SD875 will be probably faster than thermally throttled A14 but obviously won't surpass it when comparing peak performance figures.

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                                  • Naresh goud
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                                  • 16 Sep 2020

                                  Please when release the iPhone 12 in india

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                                    • JDK
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                                    • 16 Sep 2020

                                    There is no way that the apple a14 is 17% better in CPU and 8% better in GPU.

                                    The geekbench score is 4612 for the apple iPhone 12.

                                    Apple is probably comparing it with the a13.

                                    Even those people that think geekbench is unreliable, it's definitely consistent with apple products/

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                                      • MrMing
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                                      • 16 Sep 2020

                                      If Apple can at least provide their iPhones with improved thermals, it can easily wipe most Androids but gaming phones on the floor.

                                      Like a game of chess: Apple is the king. Huawei is checkmate as their Kirin chips are very good, but discontinued due to restrictions. Samsung Exynos is pawn as their chips have poor efficiency (AMD partnership is delayed until 2022).

                                      Apple doesn't innovate much, but still provides the best quality products.

                                      Proud to be in a premium ecosystem. 🍎

                                        Anonymous, 15 Sep 2020If GPU just 8% improvement. They will again lose to 5nm SD875.Yeah, no. Sd875 needs over 45% increase on sd865+ gpu for that.