Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 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 7s Gen 3
807253
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU271394198067
GPU203911185355
Memory163972152138
UX167976164631
NanoReview Score807253700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
n/a
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
1178
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 3
3146
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression160.4 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser82.3 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering113.8 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur12.1 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing20.3 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection59.2 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR97.2 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.28 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.5 GHz – Kryo Prime (Cortex-A720)
- 3x 2.4 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 2500 2490
Instruction set ARMv9.2-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) 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 1050 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 537.6 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 1920x1200 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 n/a Intel XMM 7560
4G Support n/a 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 August, 2024 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM7635 APL1W81

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