Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
vs
Apple A12 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and Apple A12 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 2840 MHz (2840 MHz vs 2490 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: December 2019 (December 2019 vs September 2018)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2019
Launch Date
September 2018
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8250-AB
Model Name
APL1W81
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Architecture
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
8
Cores
6
7 nm
Technology
7 nm
2840 MHz
Frequency
2490 MHz
10.3
Transistor count
6.9

GPU Specifications

Adreno 650
GPU name
Apple A12 GPU
587 MHz
GPU frequency
1125 MHz
1.2021 TFLOPS
FLOPS
0.576 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
64
2
Execution units
4
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
1.1
Vulkan version
1.1
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
12.1
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 1000 Mbps
LTE Cat. 22
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
5.1
Bluetooth
5.0
6
Wi-Fi
5
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
LPDDR4X
2750 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

1 MB
L2 Cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max camera resolution
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
5 W
TDP
6 W
ARMv8.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.3-A
Hexagon 698
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 865
1128
A12 Bionic
1301 +15%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 865
3277 +15%
A12 Bionic
2843
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 865
1226 +109%
A12 Bionic
588
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 865
753667 +20%
A12 Bionic
630677