Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4

Compared 2 processors: Apple A12 Bionic, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A12 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
854884
CPU198067274580
GPU185355237549
Memory152138154592
UX164631188163
NanoReview Score700191854884
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
n/a
Stability69 %n/a
Graphics Test31 fpsn/a
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
1214
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4
3314
File Compression108.3 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser61.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering78.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur10.6 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing36.4 frames/sn/a
Image Detection21.4 frames/sn/a
HDR89.6 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing3.35 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
- 1/2.7 (Kryo Prime Cortex-A720)
- 3/2.4 (Kryo Gold Cortex-A720)
- 4/1.8 (Kryo Silver Cortex-A520)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2490 2700
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 6.9 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W n/a

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A12 GPU Adreno 810
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 800
GPU Frequency 1125 MHz n/a
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 576 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 3.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Neural Engine Yes

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 2688x1242 pixels 2900x1300 pixels
Camera 1x32 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Intel XMM 7560 Snapdragon X62 5G
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1000 MB/s Up to 2900 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 1600 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2018 yr August, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W81 SM7635-AC

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