Mobile processor comparison

Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
  • More CPU cores
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Architecture 2x 3.1 GHz - Firestorm4x 1.8 GHz - Icestorm 4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A734x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 3100 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 5 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 11.8 billion 2 billion
TDP 6 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
L2 cache 8 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory frequency Not available 933 MHz
Memory bus Not available 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 42.7 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 6 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
GPU Apple GPU Adreno 506
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 500
GPU clock Not available 725 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders Not available 96
FLOPS Not available 124.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan Not available 1.0
OpenCL Not available 2.0
DirectX Not available 12
Neural processor / NPU Neural Engine Hexagon 546

Display and media

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Maximum display resolution 2732 x 2048 1920 x 1200
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G Yes No
Download speed Not available Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Not available Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationApple A14 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Release September 2020 June 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number APL1W01 SDM632
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
Devices in database 6 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A14 Bionic

eSIM
Apple iPad 2022 WiFi
Apple

Apple iPad 2022 WiFi

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G eSIM
Apple iPad 2022
Apple

Apple iPad 2022

3.7
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1640 × 2360 pixels (10.90 inches) 264…
Storage
64 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1284 × 2778 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 Pro

3.7
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12 mini
Apple

Apple iPhone 12 mini

3.9
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 60 Hz, 1080 × 2340 pixels…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion
5G
Apple iPhone 12
Apple

Apple iPhone 12

3.1
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16M colors, 60 Hz, 1170 × 2532 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.