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Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple A12 Bionic
Architecture 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) 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2840 MHz 2490 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.3-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 6.9 billion
TDP 10 W 6 W

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

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

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 888Apple A12 Bionic
Release December 2020 September 2018
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8350 APL1W81
Storage support UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Devices in database 51 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

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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Apple A12 Bionic

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