Apple A12X Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A12X Bionic
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
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: 3200 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: April 2025 (October 2018 vs April 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
October 2018
Launch Date
April 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1083
Model Name
SM8735
4x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
4 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
10
Transistor count
-
GPU Specifications
Apple 12X GPU
GPU name
Adreno 825
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
1150 MHz
1.008 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
64
Shading units
-
7
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 4200 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
-
No
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
6.0
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
2.75 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
15 W
TDP
-
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Yes
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12X Bionic
1326
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2116
+60%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12X Bionic
4588
Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
7082
+54%
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