Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G

Compared 2 processors: Apple A14 Bionic, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
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 A14 Bionic
1095315
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
389059
CPU310050141170
GPU32314372788
Memory17377774189
UX288345100912
NanoReview Score1095315389059
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1050
Stability69 %99 %
Graphics Test45 fps6 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
750
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
1774
File Compression167 MB/s92.6 MB/s
HTML5 Browser105.5 pages/s45.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering116.4 MP/sec63.4 MP/sec
Background Blur17.6 frames/s5.25 frames/s
Photo Processing51.5 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Image Detection95.7 frames/s35.5 frames/s
HDR147.6 MP/sec56.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.18 MP/sec2.54 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 43 FPS (High)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 40 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 28 FPS (Low)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 51 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 30 FPS (High)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 34 FPS (Medium)
Device n/a Realme 7 Pro (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
- 2x 2.3 GHz – Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76)
- 6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC Samsung
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3100 2300
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor count 11.8 billion n/a
Power (TDP) 6 W 5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A14 GPU Adreno 618
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 750 MHz
Execution Units 4 2
Shader Units 64 128
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS 384 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Hexagon 692
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 14.9 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 8 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe UFS 2.1
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 2520x1080 pixels
Camera n/a 1x192 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
384 kHz/32 bit

Connectivity

Modem n/a X15
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 15
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 800 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 150 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.1
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2020 yr January, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Mid-range
Codename APL1W01 SM7125

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A14 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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