Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1 and Apple A12 Bionic
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
561563
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU180456198067
GPU97620185355
Memory148206152138
UX135281164631
NanoReview Score561563700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2367
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Test14 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
943
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
2748
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression150.2 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser65.8 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering91.8 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur9.69 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing23.2 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection53 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR90.3 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.13 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2200 2490
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 4 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 7 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 710 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 676 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 346.1 GFLOPS 576 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 22 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 2.2
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 2900 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1600 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced September, 2022 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6450 APL1W81

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A12 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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