Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 (Kryo Prime)
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold)
4x 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 Watt
Neural Processing NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 2 Adreno 730
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1125 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 4 3
Shaders 256 768
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

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)
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
Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.3
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2018 Quarter 3 2022 Quarter 2
Partnumber APL1W81 SM8475
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A12 Bionic
648957
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1051135

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
1283
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1303

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A12 Bionic
2889
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4143