Apple A12X Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A12X Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (7 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 4320 MHz (2500 MHz vs 4320 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2024 (October 2018 vs October 2024)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2018
Launch Date
October 2024
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1083
Model Name
SM8750-AB
4x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
3 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
4320 MHz
10
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple 12X GPU
GPU name
Adreno 830
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1.008 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.744 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
-
7
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support: • 4K(3840×2160) @ 60 Hz • QHD+ @ 240 Hz
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
10
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
6
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
5300 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

8 MB
L2 Cache
24 MB
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @ 120 FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @ 60 FPS
15 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9 (64-бит)
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12X Bionic
1326
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3301 +149%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12X Bionic
4588
Snapdragon 8 Elite
9848 +115%
FP32 (float)
A12X Bionic
1028
Snapdragon 8 Elite
3819 +271%