Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Apple A12 Bionic
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest 1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz - Cortex-A520
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2490 MHz 3000 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 6.9 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
L1 cache 128 KB Not available
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 cache Not available 8 MB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Memory bus 1x 64 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 64 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 12 GB 24 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
GPU Apple A12 Bionic GPU Adreno 735
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 700
GPU clock 1125 MHz 1100 MHz
Execution units 32 2
Shaders 256 384
FLOPS 560 Gigaflops 1689.6 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.3
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes Hexagon

Display and media

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution 2x 12MP 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 8s Gen 3
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 22
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 Mbps Up to 6500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 7
Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
Release September 2018 March 2024
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number APL1W81 SM8635
Storage support NVMe UFS 4.0
Devices in database Not available 1
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 8s Gen 3

Honor Pad GT Pro
Honor

Honor Pad GT Pro

3.2
Tablet
Display
OLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 180 Hz, 1920 × 300…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 10050 mAh
5G
Motorola RAZR+ 2025
Motorola

Motorola RAZR+ 2025

3.6
Smartphone
Display
LTPO P-OLED 1.07G colors, 165 Hz, 1080 × 2640…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Motorola RAZR 50 Ultra
Motorola

Motorola RAZR 50 Ultra

3.4
Smartphone
Display
P-OLED 1.07G colors, 165 Hz, 1080 × 2640 pixe…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4000 mAh
5G
Motorola Edge 50 Ultra
Motorola

Motorola Edge 50 Ultra

3.8
Smartphone
Display
LTPS P-OLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1220 × 2712…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4500 mAh
5G
Realme GT 6
Realme

Realme GT 6

3.6
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2780…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5500 mAh
5G
Redmi Turbo 3 Harry Potter
Redmi

Redmi Turbo 3 Harry Potter

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixels…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Redmi Turbo 3
Redmi

Redmi Turbo 3

3.6
Smartphone
Display
OLED 68.7G colors, 120 Hz, 1220 × 2712 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh