Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3. 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 6 Gen 3

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

1021

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Snapdragon 6 Gen 3

2922

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
Number of cores	6	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 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	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 710
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	940 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	256
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	2520x1080
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 200MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	2.9 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	1.6 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