iPhone 12 Pro

A14 Bionic, October 2020

Scores

Single-core

2,084

+21.8% over iPhone 11 Pro

  • Measured average
  • Sample size not stated
  • Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder

Multi-core

4,744

+24.5% over iPhone 11 Pro

  • Measured average
  • Sample size not stated
  • Retrieved 27 October 2026 from EveryMac, unsourced placeholder

GPU (Metal)

No data

Keynote claims, measured

Not measurable with Geekbench

  • “Faster and more efficient than ever, A14 Bionic has the fastest CPU and GPU by up to 50 percent compared to the fastest competing smartphone chips, enabling console-quality gaming experiences, powerful computational photography, and more, while delivering great battery life.”

    The baseline is not an Apple device in the dataset.

    iPhone 12 Pro announcement, October 2020, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 12 Pro announcement, October 2020

  • “Pushing the limits of machine learning (ML), A14 Bionic features a 16-core Neural Engine — for an 80 percent increase in performance — that is capable of completing 11 trillion operations per second, enabling improved performance on even the most intense ML models.”

    Neural Engine; Geekbench 6 does not test it.

    iPhone 12 Pro announcement, October 2020, Apple Newsroom, iPhone 12 Pro announcement, October 2020

iPhone flagship single-core, by generation

DeviceSingle-coreChange over the previous generation
iPhone, 2007about 22First in this line
iPhone 3G, 2008about 22about +0.0%
iPhone 3GS, 2009about 45about +107.4%
iPhone 4, 2010about 61about +35.0%
iPhone 4S, 2011about 68about +11%
iPhone 5, 2012about 181about +165.5%
iPhone 5s, 2013about 304about +67.9%
iPhone 6, 2014about 350about +15.2%
iPhone 6s Plus, 2015601about +71.7%
iPhone 7 Plus, 2016812+35.1%
iPhone 8 Plus, 20171,056+30.0%
iPhone XS, 20181,285+21.7%
iPhone 11 Pro, 20191,711+33.2%
iPhone 12 Pro, 2020, this device2,084+21.8%
iPhone 13 Pro, 20212,341+12.3%
iPhone 14 Pro, 20222,624+12.1%
iPhone 15 Pro, 20232,878+9.7%
iPhone 16 Pro, 20243,307+14.9%
iPhone 17 Pro, 20253,765+13.8%
iPhone 18 Pro, 2026about 4,695about +24.7%

Against other devices

  • iPhone 6s Plus

    3.47 timesslower

    Single-core 601 vs 2,084. Multi-core 5.53 times slower, 858 vs 4,744.

  • A20 Pro, September 2026

    about 2.25 timesfaster

    Single-core about 4,695 vs 2,084. Multi-core about 2.64 times faster, about 12,521 vs 4,744.

  • Samsung ARM11, June 2007

    about 95 timesslower

    Single-core about 22 vs 2,084. Multi-core about 220 times slower, about 22 vs 4,744.

  • M5, October 2025

    1.98 timesfaster

    Single-core 4,116 vs 2,084. Multi-core 3.22 times faster, 15,280 vs 4,744.

  • M5, March 2026

    2.00 timesfaster

    Single-core 4,168 vs 2,084. Multi-core 3.57 times faster, 16,934 vs 4,744.