I am pretty sure Apple pays per wafer, not per each individual chips. Apple will be able to save money by being able to harvest more chips per wafer with the ability to use 4-core GPU variants instead of just 5-core ones. There could be some chips that works well with 4 cores but doesn't work up to the intended performance with 5 for example.
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Additional Benchmarks Reveal A15 Bionic Performance Improvements in iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Pro
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I am pretty sure Apple pays per wafer, not per each individual chips. Apple will be able to save money by being able to harvest more chips per wafer with the ability to use 4-core GPU variants instead of just 5-core ones. There could be some chips that works well with 4 cores but doesn't work up to the intended performance with 5 for example.
Yep. Most likely they pay per “wafer start,” which means they pay even if 0 chips work on the wafer at the end of the line.
That said, the chances that a defect happens to affect one GPU core and there are no other defects on the wafer other than defects in that one GPU is pretty slim (because of the GPU size). The vast majority of 4-core GPU chips are chips where 5 cores actually would work, but one core is disabled.
You may very well be right…except chip costs are increasing every year and so is everything else that is cost to Apple so they can bring be end product for you without increasing the price. Logistics (transportation) alone costs 53% more than last year. None are these costs are reflected on the price the customer pays. So if Apple can manage to “save” money per wafer, that only translates to Apple can have another year without the need to increase iPhone prices.
The A15 bionic beast, ruler of all smartphones, sits on top of the throne alone. 😎
Honestly how fast does a phone need to be? I’d much rather you know, something as luxurious as a phone that can last the whole damn day. Is that too much to ask Apple? Can’t you lay off with the profit and planned obsolescence machine just an inch? You did it for the M1. Let’s see it a phone please. I don’t want or need an iPhone pro max. Just a moderately capable iPhone that will be able to get me through a long day for 2-3 years. The battery packs a damn joke. What’s happened with Apple?
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Every iPhone since the 4S will last all day (SE 2020 aside).
So it's about as fast as the M1, which implies that the M1 and A15 were being developed in parallel. Assuming the M1X (or M2) is powering the new MBPs, that would imply about a 10-15% jump in performance for the M1X/m2 relative to the A15/M1.
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We have a faster CPU and GPU than the A14 while using less battery. I will take a modest YOY perf improvement that also yields longer battery life. To me the battery life on the iPhone 13 looks impressive. I am glad I waited out on the iPhone 12 for the iPhone 13.
There is no free lunch here. There are trade offs that have to be made. I think Apple did a really good job with the iPhone 13 and focused on improving battery life while also improving performance.
There is no free lunch here. There are trade offs that have to be made. I think Apple did a really good job with the iPhone 13 and focused on improving battery life while also improving performance.
Actually, using the rule of 72, it will take over 7 years to double single core performance. Multi core performance will scale linearly with core count year over year. I doubt that there will be a doubling of core count over the next 7 years to get 4 times multi core performance growth in seven. Then again, it’s hard to imagine we need it.
No but is there any reason to believe it doesn’t? I’d bet big it does.
Also I’m beginning to think at this point, as long as it has any of the latest Qualcomm modems, the apple antenna design is more important. Hopefully they made improvements over the 12.
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What is the TDP for the A15 Bionic?
EDIT: I will answer my own question. The TDP for the A15 is 8.5 watts. The TDP for the A14 Bionic is 7 watts.
www.cpu-monkey.com
EDIT: I will answer my own question. The TDP for the A15 is 8.5 watts. The TDP for the A14 Bionic is 7 watts.
Apple A15 Bionic - Benchmark, Test and Specs
Apple A15 Bionic - Benchmark, Geekbench 5, Cinebench R20, Cinebench R23, Cinebench R15 and FP32 iGPU (GFLOPS) benchmark results
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Battery life gain is from bigger battery more so than the same 5nm node. Even TSMC 4nm in 2022 won't see much of a battery difference compared to bigger battery.
yes, people forget that the iOS is already as efficent at it can be nowadays...so the larger battery is almost doing 80% of the job, while that refresh rate promotion can be the other 20% thanks to its 10hz while static,reading etc
if anyone is interested there are benchmarks posted for the Apple M1X.
www.cpu-monkey.com
Apple M1X - Benchmark, Test and Specs
Apple M1X - Benchmark, Geekbench 5, Cinebench R20, Cinebench R23, Cinebench R15 and FP32 iGPU (GFLOPS) benchmark results
Very expected numbers as it is still a 5nm process. Considering that Intel got stuck for a decade with 5% improvements per year mostly by increasing the power draw of the chip, this is really good.
I met someone a year or two back who was passionately against all things Apple and when I asked them why they said "I don't agree with their stance on manufacturing" which always confused me. As opposed to what? You'll buy a Samsung phone made in the same factory but because Apple comes out with transparency reports on labour ect you boycott them for it? 🤷♂️
Still see no reason to upgrade. I have yet to meet a game or app that doesn't load instantly on my 11