Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 480. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A12 Bionic

648957

Snapdragon 480

323853

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Snapdragon 480

504

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Snapdragon 480

1643

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 460 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 619
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	950 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 64MP, 2x 25MP
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	2.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.66 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