Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. 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 625

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Snapdragon 625

191

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Snapdragon 625

869

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	8x 2 GHz – Cortex-A53
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million	2000 million
TDP	6 Watt	5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 546

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR3
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	933 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	1x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 506
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	256	48
DirectX		11
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	1900x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 24MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	0.3 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS