Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 32
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 4x 2.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2800 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors 3 billion 6.9 billion
TDP 9 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A12 Bionic
L1 cache 256 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1.5 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 2 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 1x 64 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 29.8 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A12 Bionic
GPU Adreno 630 Apple A12 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 600 Not available
GPU clock 710 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution units 2 32
Shaders 256 256
FLOPS 727 Gigaflops 560 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon 685 Yes

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 16MP 2x 12MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, 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 845Apple A12 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1000 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, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 845Apple A12 Bionic
Release December 2017 September 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SDM845 APL1W81
Storage support UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 56 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 845

4G
Samsung W2019
Samsung

Samsung W2019

3.3
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U

3.5
Smartphone
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S9+ SM-G9650

3.5
Smartphone
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
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G9600

3.4
Smartphone
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
LG

LG Velvet 4G Dual SIM

3.8
Smartphone
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
LG

LG Style 3

2.8
Smartphone
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
LG

LG V40 ThinQ Dual SIM

3.5
Smartphone
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
LG

LG V40 ThinQ

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors 1440 × 3120 pixels (6.40 inch…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh

Apple A12 Bionic

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