Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 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 4
757902
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU258336198067
GPU183669185355
Memory138904152138
UX176993164631
NanoReview Score757902700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
n/a
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
1091
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
3085
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression154.3 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser81.6 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering109.9 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.7 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing25 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection55.8 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR93 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.14 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.3 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.2 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-A720)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-A520)
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2300 2490
Instruction set ARMv9-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) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 810 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Adreno 800 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 895 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 458.2 GFLOPS 576 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 3.0 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 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 25.6 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 16 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 3360x1600 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 Qualcomm X62 5G 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 5.4 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced February, 2025 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6650 APL1W81

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