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Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

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

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Compared fields 41
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 632
  • More CPU cores
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A734x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion 2 billion
TDP 6 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 933 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 12 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Adreno 506
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 500
GPU clock 1125 MHz 725 MHz
Execution units 32 1
Shaders 256 96
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 124.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon 546

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 1920 x 1200
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Release September 2018 June 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W81 SDM632
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
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