Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712 vs Apple A16 Bionic

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 39
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 712
  • More CPU cores
Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed GPU clock
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
Architecture 2x 2.3 GHz - Kryo 360 Gold (Cortex-A75)6x 1.7 GHz - Kryo 360 Silver (Cortex-A55) 2x 3.46 GHz - Everest4x 2.02 GHz - Sawtooth
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 2300 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8-A ARMv8.6-A
Process technology 10 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 3 billion 16 billion
TDP 5 W 8 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 256 KB
L2 cache Not available 16 MB
L3 cache 1 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 1866 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 13.91 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 8 GB 6 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
GPU Adreno 616 Apple A16 GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU clock 550 MHz 1398 MHz
Execution units 2 5
Shaders 128 128
FLOPS 310 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.0 Not available
OpenCL 2.0 Not available
DirectX 12 Not available
Neural processor / NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 685 DSP Apple Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3360 x 1440 2796 x 1290
Maximum camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 16MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC LC, MP3, HE-AACv1, HE-AACv2, FLAC AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 15 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 800 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 712Apple A16 Bionic
Release February 2019 September 2022
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SDM712 APL1W10
Storage support UFS 2.1 NVMe
Devices in database 11 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 712

4G
Vivo Z5x 2020
Vivo

Vivo Z5x 2020

2.9
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.53 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
4G
Vivo Z5x 712
Vivo

Vivo Z5x 712

2.9
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.53 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
4G
Vivo V19 Snapdragon 712
Vivo

Vivo V19 Snapdragon 712

2.9
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
4G
Vivo S5
Vivo

Vivo S5

2.9
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2400 pixels (6…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4100 mAh
4G
Vivo Z1x
Vivo

Vivo Z1x

2.9
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
4G
Vivo Z5
Vivo

Vivo Z5

2.9
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4500 mAh
4G
Vivo Z1 Pro
Vivo

Vivo Z1 Pro

2.9
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.53 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 4G
Realme Q
Realme

Realme Q

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2340 pixels (6.30 i…
RAM
4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
64 GB, 128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4035 mAh

Apple A16 Bionic

5G
Apple iPhone 15 Plus
Apple

Apple iPhone 15 Plus

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1290 × 2796 pixels (6.70 inches) 460 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4383 mAh
5G eSIM
Apple iPhone 15
Apple

Apple iPhone 15

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 1179 × 2556 pixels (6.10 inches) 461 ppi…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 3349 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1290 × 2796 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4323 mAh
5G
Apple iPhone 14 Pro
Apple

Apple iPhone 14 Pro

3.8
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1179 × 2556 pixels…
RAM
6 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3200 mAh