Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 42
Different values 35
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus
  • More CPU cores
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz - Kryo 460 Gold (Cortex-A76)6x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 460 Silver (Cortex-A55) 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2200 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set Not available ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 8 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP 3 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 128 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
GPU Adreno 619 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 600 Not available
GPU clock 825 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution units 2 32
Shaders 128 256
FLOPS Not available 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 686 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 64MP, 2x 25MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 210 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 480 PlusApple A12 Bionic
Release October 2021 September 2018
Class Low end Flagship
Model number SM4350-AC APL1W81
Storage support eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 NVMe
Devices in database 14 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

PDF manual 5G
Nokia G400
Nokia

Nokia G400

3.4
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pixel…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
4G
Honor Play 40S
Honor

Honor Play 40S

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1612 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
5G
Honor Play 40C
Honor

Honor Play 40C

3.2
Smartphone
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
Honor

Honor X6 5G

3.2
Smartphone
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
Honor

Honor 70 Lite

3.2
Smartphone
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
Honor

Honor Play 30M

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 60 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Honor Play 6C
Honor

Honor Play 6C

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors, 90 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixels…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Motorola Moto G 5G 2023
Motorola

Motorola Moto G 5G 2023

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1600 pixe…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh

Apple A12 Bionic

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