Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1. 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 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78 (Kryo Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 6900 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 12 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Adreno 710
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1125 MHz
Execution units 4
Shaders 256
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 2520x1080@120Hz
Max camera resolution 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP 1x 200MP, 1x 25MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
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 2.9 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2022 Quarter 3
Partnumber APL1W81 SM6450
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
493372

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
749

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2203