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Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

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

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Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 1x 2.84 GHz - Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)3x 2.42 GHz - Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 2840 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.4-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 10 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888
L1 cache 128 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Adreno 660
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 600
GPU clock 1125 MHz 840 MHz
Execution units 32 2
Shaders 256 512
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 1720 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon 780

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, 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 888
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888
Release September 2018 December 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W81 SM8350
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Devices in database Not available 51
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 888

5G eSIM
Samsung W22 5G
Samsung

Samsung W22 5G

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
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PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1768 × 220…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
View details PDF
PDF manual 5G eSIM
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 3

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 264…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3300 mAh
View details PDF
5G
Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch
Huawei

Huawei MatePad Pro 11-inch

3.7
Tablet
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixels…
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8300 mAh
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