Apple A12 Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A12 Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2490 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2018 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2018
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W81
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2490 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
6.9
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
-
4
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
12
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.4
5
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
8 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
6 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1301
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
+68%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2843
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
+149%
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A12 Bionic
1102
+21%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A12 Bionic
2449
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
+65%
AnTuTu 10
A12 Bionic
630677
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+207%
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