Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. 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 2.4 GHz – Kryo 4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
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	11 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	650 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	256
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.1
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 28MP, 2x
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	0.6 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