Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 vs Apple A12 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 888, vs Apple A12 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 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 888
913477
Apple A12 Bionic
700191
CPU244750198067
GPU305779185355
Memory162981152138
UX199967164631
NanoReview Score913477700191
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
5824
Apple A12 Bionic
5205
Stability63 %69 %
Graphics Test34 fps31 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
1427
Apple A12 Bionic
1292
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
3423
Apple A12 Bionic
2837
File Compression160.7 MB/s108.3 MB/s
HTML5 Browser99.4 pages/s61.7 pages/s
PDF Rendering125.2 MP/sec78.6 MP/sec
Background Blur11.5 frames/s10.6 frames/s
Photo Processing28 frames/s36.4 frames/s
Image Detection68.5 frames/s21.4 frames/s
HDR87.1 MP/sec89.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.77 MP/sec3.35 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 83 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 26 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 112 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Asus Zenfone 8 (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
- 2/2.49 (Vortex)
- 4/1.6 (Tempest)
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2840 2490
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.3-A
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 4 MB n/a
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 10.3 billion 6.9 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 660 Apple A12 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 840 MHz 1125 MHz
Execution Units 3 4
Shader Units 256 64
Total shader 768 256
FLOPS 1290.2 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 Hexagon 780 Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 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 3.0
- UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels 1x32 pixels
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- 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 X60 Intel XMM 7560
4G Support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 1000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3000 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 5
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2020 yr September, 2018 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8350 APL1W81

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