Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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 8 Gen 2

1279057

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

1479

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

4952

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 Watt	6.3 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 740
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	4
Shaders	256
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS