Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 636. 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 260 Gold) 4x 1.6 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)
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 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1333 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 509
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	720 MHz
Execution units	4	1
Shaders	256	128
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	1920x1200
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 24MP, 2x 16MP
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	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS