CPU A
Apple A12 Bionic
6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU
Mobile processor comparison
Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.
CPU B
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
8 cores 2995 MHz 5 nanometers Adreno 660
Compared fields
43
Different values
39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
- More CPU cores
- Higher maximum CPU clock
- Smaller manufacturing process
- Higher listed download speed
CPU
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest | 1x 2.995 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 | 2995 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| Process technology | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistors | 6.9 billion | 10 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 10 W |
Cache and memory
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| L1 cache | 128 KB | Not available |
| 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Not available |
| Vulkan | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Neural processor / NPU | Yes | Hexagon 780 |
Display and media
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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, 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 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| 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
| Specification | Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus |
|---|---|---|
| Release | September 2018 | June 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W81 | SM8350-AC |
| Storage support | NVMe | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| Devices in database | Not available | 19 |
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 Plus
5G
Vivo iQOO 9 India
- Display
- AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2376 pixe…
- RAM
- 8 GB, 12 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4350 mAh
5G
Vivo X70 Pro+
- Display
- AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3200 pixe…
- RAM
- 8 GB, 12 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO 8 Pro
- Display
- AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3200 pixe…
- RAM
- 8 GB, 12 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4500 mAh
5G
Honor Magic3 Pro+
- Display
- OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1344 × 2772 pixels…
- RAM
- 12 GB
- Storage
- 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 4600 mAh
5G
Honor Magic3 Pro
- Display
- OLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1344 × 2772 pixels…
- RAM
- 8 GB, 12 GB
- Storage
- 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Po 4600 mAh
5G
Motorola Edge 30 Fusion Dual SIM
- Display
- POLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4400 mAh
5G
Motorola Edge 30 Fusion
- Display
- POLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixel…
- RAM
- 8 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4400 mAh
5G
Motorola Moto S30 Pro
- Display
- POLED, 144 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels (6.55 inche…
- RAM
- 8 GB, 12 GB
- Storage
- 128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
- Battery
- Li-Ion 4400 mAh
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