Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 460

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 460. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 240 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 240 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 11 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt 3 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 683

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Adreno 610
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 600 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 128
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 48MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1 Gbps 0.39 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2020 Quarter 1
Partnumber APL1W81 SM4250-AA
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Snapdragon 460
164857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Snapdragon 460
254

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Snapdragon 460
1147