CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8 cores 2960 MHz 7 nanometers Adreno 640
Compared fields
43
Different values
36
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 1x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)3x 2.42 GHz - Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
| CPU cores | 6 | 8 |
| Clock speed | 2490 MHz | 2960 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.1-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | Not available |
| TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | Not available |
| L3 cache | Not available | 2 MB |
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Memory bus | 1x 64 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Maximum bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 34.13 Gbit/s |
| Maximum memory | 12 GB | 16 GB |
Graphics and AI
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU | Apple A12 Bionic GPU | Adreno 640 |
| GPU architecture | Not available | Adreno 600 |
| GPU clock | 1125 MHz | 675 MHz |
| Execution units | 32 | 2 |
| Shaders | 256 | 384 |
| FLOPS | 560 Gigaflops | 1037 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Hexagon 690 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Maximum display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 3840 x 2160 |
| Maximum camera resolution | 2x 12MP | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, 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 860 |
|---|---|---|
| 4G | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 20 |
| 5G | No | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 2000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 316 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.1 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
General
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | April 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | SM8150-AC |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 2 |
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.
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