The A14 Bionic chip in the upcoming iPhone 12 promises to be a more powerful upgrade than the A13 Bionic chip in the iPhone 11, with significantly enhanced CPU and GPU.

According to regular Twitter tech leaker Komiya, the A14 will offer 40% more CPU performance and 50% more GPU performance than the A13 Bionic. This would blow away the Samsung Galaxy Note 20 and all Android phones.

Previous A14 Bionic leaks showed that Apple's first 5nm chip (reportedly made by TSMC) will offer 15% faster performance. In other words, these new performance claims mean that the A14 is a significant upgrade over the previous model. The previous leak also stated that the new A14 chip should be 30% more efficient and have a shorter battery life.

However, Komiya does not note where he is getting his performance metrics from (we assume an inside source), so these claims are worth taking with some skepticism. Nevertheless, given that Apple is moving from a 7nm process to a 5nm process, such performance gains may be possible.

Currently, the A13 Bionic is one of the most powerful chips available in smartphones. So far, early performance leaks of the A14 chip indicate that it is slated to outperform Samsung's Galaxy S20 Ultra with the Snapdragon 865 SoC.

The Snapdragon 865 Plus in Samsung's Galaxy Note 20 Ultra, for example, is slightly better than the non-plus variant, with a 10% increase in clock speed and 10% faster graphics. However, Apple's chip still outperforms the best Qualcomm has to offer.

The Asus ROG Phone 3 with the Snapdragon 865 Plus chip and 16GB of RAM scored 3,393 in the multi-core portion of the Geekbench 5 benchmark. iPhone 11 Pro scored 3,509. In other words, if this leak proves to be true, the iPhone 12 should dramatically increase its lead over Android competitors.

Given the performance of the A13 Bionic and how well optimized iOS is on the iPhone, we are not likely to see a dramatic speed increase with the iPhone 12 in everyday use. However, the A14 Bionic should provide a smoother experience in graphics-intensive apps, games, and iPhone AR apps.

Speaking of AR, the standard 5.4-inch iPhone 12 and 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Max have two rear-facing cameras, while the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max have three cameras paired with LiDAR sensors The three cameras on the 6.1-inch iPhone 12 Pro and 6.7-inch iPhone 12 Pro Max are set to pair with the LiDAR sensor. This means that, like the iPad Pro 2020, the Pro devices will have a camera system suitable for use with AR apps.