Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4), vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (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 8 Elite (Gen 4)
2744741
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU602481198067
GPU1165880185355
Memory534209152138
UX442171164631
NanoReview Score2744741700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
23881
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Test143 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
3155
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
9723
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression382.4 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser229.7 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering259.3 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur33.5 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing90.1 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection239.8 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR324 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing12.8 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 120 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra n/a

Processor

Architecture - 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
- 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 4320 2490
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 24 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 8 MB n/a
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 8.2 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 830 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Adreno 800 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1100 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1536 256
FLOPS 3379.2 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 Hexagon Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 5333 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x32 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 85.4 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type - UFS 4.0
- UFS 4.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2540 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- AAC
- AAC‑LC
- AAX и AAX+
- Apple Lossless
- HE‑AAC
- HE‑AAC v2
- Linear PCM
- MP3

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X80 Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 5
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced October, 2024 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8750-AB APL1W81

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) the clear winner in this comparison.

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