- Apple's A14 Processor For iPhone 12 Is Going To Be A Game Changer
- iPhone 12's A14 Processor
With new iPhone 12 debuting this year.. we should be ready to welcome another new processor (A14 Processor). We can expect the 2020 iPhones to be the first to use the A14 processor and according to Macworld, it might even be on par with 15-inch MacBook Pros.
That’s because the A14 will be the first chip to move to the 5nm manufacturing process. And while that doesn’t necessarily mean that speeds will automatically increase, although is certain that it will, it does allow clock speeds to be bumped thanks to a reduction in power usage and heat generation. No doubt, they’re going to be impressive chips as well.
- If we take TSMC at its word about the improved transistor density of the 5 nm process, we’re looking at an incredible 15 billion transistors. That’s more than all but the largest high-end desktop and server CPUs and GPUs. It’s huge. It’s so big that I wouldn’t be entirely surprised if Apple shrunk the total chip area a bit to around 85 mm square and around 12.5 billion transistors.
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We're talking about here, a chip capable of speeds even better than the A13, a chip that was 20% faster than its predecessor and the fastest mobile chip around. And if Apple’s previous trends continue we can expect the Apple A14 to compete with the Intel chips inside some MacBook Pros.
- The trend line gives us a score around 4,500, but I think a combination of architectural changes and clock speed will give us a lot more. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Geekbench 5 multi-core score creeps up to 5,000 or so.
- For what it’s worth, the fastest Android phones score around 3,000 on this test, and a score of 5,000 would be similar to 6-core mainstream desktop CPUs or high-end laptop CPUs. It’s 15-inch MacBook Pro territory.
Apple will eventually announce the iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 Pro around September and we'll get see how faster the device will be and what chip is going to sport. A14 chip is going to be a game changer and will be interested to see how it will out perform other competitors in months to come.
Source: Macworld
