Apple A14

Apple A14 Bionic
General information
LaunchedSeptember 15, 2020
DiscontinuedMarch 4, 2025
Designed byApple Inc.
Common manufacturer
Product codeAPL1W01
Max. CPU clock rateto 3.0 GHz 
Cache
L2 cache8 MB (performance cores)
4 MB (efficient cores)
L4 cache16 MB (system cache)
Architecture and classification
ApplicationMobile
Technology node5 nm (N5)
Microarchitecture"Firestorm" and "Icestorm"
Instruction setARMv8.4-A
Physical specifications
Transistors
  • 11.8 billion
Cores
GPUApple-designed 4 core
Products, models, variants
Variant
History
PredecessorApple A13 Bionic
SuccessorsApple A15 Bionic (iPhone)
Apple M1 (iPad Air, iPad Pro)

The Apple A14 Bionic is a 64-bit ARMv8.4-A system on a chip (SoC) designed by Apple Inc., part of the Apple silicon series. It appears in the iPad Air (4th generation) and iPad (10th generation), as well as iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. Apple states that the central processing unit (CPU) performs up to 40% faster than the A12, while the graphics processing unit (GPU) is up to 30% faster than the A12. It also includes a 16-core neural engine and new machine learning matrix accelerators that perform twice and ten times as fast, respectively.