CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
8 cores 2800 MHz 10 nanometers Adreno 630
Compared fields
43
Different values
32
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 4x 2.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2800 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.2-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | 3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 9 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 1.5 MB |
| L3 cache | Not available | 2 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1866 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 29.8 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 8 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Adreno 630 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 710 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 2 |
| Shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 727 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Hexagon 685 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3 | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 1200 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | December 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | SDM845 |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 2.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 56 |
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 845
4G
Samsung W2019
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 1920 pixels (4…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3070 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy S9+ SM-G9650
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (6…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G9600
- Display
- Super AMOLED 16M colors 1440 × 2960 pixels (5…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG Velvet 4G Dual SIM
- Display
- POLED 16M colors 1080 × 2460 pixels (6.80 inc…
- RAM
- 6 GB, 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG Style 3
- Display
- OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.10 inch…
- RAM
- 4 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3500 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG V40 ThinQ Dual SIM
- Display
- OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.40 inch…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3300 mAh
PDF manual 4G
LG V40 ThinQ
- Display
- OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.40 inch…
- RAM
- 6 GB
- Storage
- 64 GB, 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 3300 mAh
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