Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4 vs Apple A12 Bionic

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

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 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 7 Gen 4
956920
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU299548198067
GPU300705185355
Memory190452152138
UX166215164631
NanoReview Score956920700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
n/a
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
1352
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 4
4164
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression189 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser115 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering160.7 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur15.2 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing37.7 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection84.7 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR128.2 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.12 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.8 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-720)
- 4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo Gold (Cortex-720)
- 3x 1.84 GHz – Kryo Silver (Cortex-520)
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2800 2490
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
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 722 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency n/a 1125 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 256 64
Total shader 512 256
FLOPS n/a 576 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 33.6 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
- UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max. resolution 2880x1800 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS 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 n/a Intel XMM 7560
4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced May, 2025 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7750-AB APL1W81

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