Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 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?
AnTuTu 10
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GeekBench 6 Single-Core
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GeekBench 6 Multi-Core
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CPU cores and architecture
| Architecture | 2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm |
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 | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8-A |
| Lithography | 5 nm | 14 nm |
| Number of transistors | 11800 million | 2000 million |
| TDP | 6 Watt | 5 Watt |
| Neural Processing | NPU | Qualcomm Hexagon 680 |
Memory (RAM)
| Max amount | up to 6 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. 4 | Adreno 509 |
| GPU Architecture | Apple GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 500 |
| GPU frequency | 1462 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 | 2732x2048 | 1920x1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 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 | 7.5 Gbps | 0.6 Gbps |
| Peak Upload Speed | 2.5 Gbps | 0.15 Gbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 (802.11ax) | 5 (802.11ac) |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Satellite navigation | BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS |
BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS |
Supplemental Information
| Launch Date | 2020 Quarter 4 | 2017 Quarter 4 |
| Partnumber | APL1W01 | SDM636 |
| Vertical Segment | Mobiles | Mobiles |
| Positioning | Flagship | Mid-end |
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