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Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

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Compared fields 43
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3200 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP 6.3 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 24 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Adreno 740 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 700 Not available
GPU clock 680 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution units 2 32
Shaders 768 256
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - 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 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 1000 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A12 Bionic
Release November 2022 September 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB APL1W81
Storage support UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 56 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
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5G
Samsung W24 Flip
Samsung

Samsung W24 Flip

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
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5G
Samsung W24
Samsung

Samsung W24

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1812…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
View details
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1848…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 11200 mAh
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Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
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5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
View details

Apple A12 Bionic

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