Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 36
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2200 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP 7 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 128 KB
L2 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Adreno 710 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 700 Not available
GPU clock 676 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution units Not available 32
Shaders 128 256
FLOPS 346.1 Gigaflops 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 2520 x 1080 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1Apple A12 Bionic
Release September 2022 September 2018
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM6450 APL1W81
Storage support UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

5G
Oppo A5 2025
Oppo

Oppo A5 2025

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6500 mAh
5G
Oppo Reno13 F 5G
Oppo

Oppo Reno13 F 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5800 mAh
5G
Honor Magic7 Lite
Honor

Honor Magic7 Lite

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X9c
Honor

Honor X9c

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X60 Pro
Honor

Honor X60 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6600 mAh

Apple A12 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.