Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A12 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4. 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 8s Gen 4

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

1283

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

2171

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A12 Bionic

2889

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4

6935

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X4 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A720
Number of cores	6	3
Instruction Set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	6900 million
TDP	6 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	4800 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 2	Adreno 825
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 800
GPU frequency	1125 MHz	1150 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	1024
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160
Max camera resolution	1x 32MP, 2x 12MP	1x 320MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1 Gbps	4.2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi	5 (802.11ac)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	6.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS