Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 4x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.95 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 16 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Adreno 710
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 700
GPU clock 1125 MHz 940 MHz
Execution units 32 Not available
Shaders 256 128
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 481.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 200MP
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 - 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 7s Gen 2
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
Release September 2018 September 2023
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W81 SM7435-AB
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 4
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 7s Gen 2

5G
Motorola Edge 60 Stylus
Motorola

Motorola Edge 60 Stylus

3.6
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Motorola Edge 2024
Motorola

Motorola Edge 2024

3.8
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Motorola Edge 50 Fusion
Motorola

Motorola Edge 50 Fusion

3.8
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
5G
Realme 14 Pro Lite
Realme

Realme 14 Pro Lite

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixels…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
5G
Realme P2 Pro
Realme

Realme P2 Pro

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
5G
Realme 13 Pro Extreme Edition
Realme

Realme 13 Pro Extreme Edition

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
5G
Realme 13 Pro+ 5G
Realme

Realme 13 Pro+ 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh
5G
Realme 13 Pro 5G
Realme

Realme 13 Pro 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5200 mAh