Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 1x 2.5 GHz - Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)3x 2.4 GHz - Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 2500 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
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 3
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Adreno 810
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 800
GPU clock 1125 MHz 1050 MHz
Execution units 32 Not available
Shaders 256 128
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 537.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3360 x 1600
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 3
4G LTE Cat. 18 Not available
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 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
Release September 2018 August 2024
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W81 SM7635
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
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 3

5G
Realme P3 Pro 5G
Realme

Realme P3 Pro 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1272 × 2800 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh
5G
Realme 14 Pro+
Realme

Realme 14 Pro+

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1272 × 2800 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6000 mAh
5G
Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G
Redmi

Redmi Note 14 Pro+ 5G

3.6
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5110 mAh