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Apple A12Z Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Apple A12Z Bionic
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A12Z Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2020 (March 2020 vs December 2020)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
March 2020
Launch Date
December 2020
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
APL1083
Model Name
SM8350
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
8
Cores
8
7 nm
Technology
5 nm
2500 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
10
Transistor count
-

GPU Specifications

Apple A12Z GPU
GPU name
Adreno 660
1340 MHz
GPU frequency
840 MHz
1.106 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.72 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
512
64
Execution units
2
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
12
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
-
5.0
Bluetooth
5.2
5
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
4266 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
2x 64 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Apple M12
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 780
8 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
H.264
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
15 W
TDP
10 W
ARMv8-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A12Z Bionic
1322
Snapdragon 888
1481 +12%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A12Z Bionic
4642 +22%
Snapdragon 888
3794
Geekbench 5 Single Core
A12Z Bionic
1090 +52%
Snapdragon 888
717
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
A12Z Bionic
4397 +82%
Snapdragon 888
2413
FP32 (float)
A12Z Bionic
1084
Snapdragon 888
1754 +62%