CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
8 cores 2200 MHz 8 nanometers Adreno 619
Compared fields
42
Different values
35
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
- More CPU cores
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 2x 2.2 GHz - Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2200 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | Not available |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 8 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 3 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 17 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Adreno 619 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 825 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 2 |
| Shaders | 256 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Hexagon 686 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2520 x 1080 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 1K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 1080p at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 800 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 210 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | October 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Low end |
| Model number | APL1W81 | SM4350-AC |
| Storage support | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 14 |
Real devices
Phones using these processors
Examples found in the existing device catalogue.
Apple A12 Bionic
No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
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4G
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- Display
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- RAM
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- Storage
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- Battery
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5G
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- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixels…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5200 mAh
4G
Honor X6 5G
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Honor 70 Lite
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Honor Play 30M
- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
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- Display
- IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
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- Display
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- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 5000 mAh
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