Quick/Comparisons
The Apple A12 Bionic takes the lead in gaming performance, thanks to its Apple A12 GPU graphics, scoring 26 out of 100.
The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 edges out the Apple A12 Bionic in battery life, with a score of 89 out of 100, thanks to its slightly more efficient design.
Both the Apple A12 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 feature dedicated NPUs for AI workloads, making them tied in this category.
42 | CPU Performance | 45 |
26 | Gaming Performance | 21 |
84 | Battery life |
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| TSMC | Manufacturer | Samsung |
| 7 nanometers | Process Node | 5 nanometers |
| 6 | CPU Cores | 8 |
| Apple A12 GPU | GPU Model | Adreno 660 |
| Neural Engine | NPU Performance | Hexagon 780 |
| 895627 | Apple A19 | 1118041 |
| 309104 | CPU | 402138 |
| 144993 | GPU | 195863 |
| 139578 | Memory | 173603 |
| 301952 | UX | 346437 |
| 895627 | Total score | 1118041 |
| 1338 | Single-Core Score | 1488 |
| 2903 | Multi-Core Score | 3373 |
| 116.8 MB/sec | Asset compression | 156.9 MB/sec |
| 59.4 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 86.4 pages/sec |
| 71.7 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 104.6 Mpixels/sec |
| 23.7 images/sec | Image detection | 72.9 images/sec |
| 98.7 Mpixels/sec | HDR | 104.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 11.2 images/sec | Background blur | 12.1 images/sec |
| 36.1 images/sec | Photo processing | 26.5 images/sec |
| 3.49 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 4.04 Mpixels/sec |
| 3 tests | Samples | 45 tests |
| 8773 | Compute Score (GPU) | 4509 |
| 16.1 images/sec | Background blur | 7.75 images/sec |
| 19.2 images/sec | Face detection | 3.37 images/sec |
| 0.26 Gpixels/sec | Horizon detection | 0.22 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.39 Gpixels/sec | Edge detection | 0.28 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.73 Gpixels/sec | Gaussian blur | 0.32 Gpixels/sec |
| 0.12 Gpixels/sec | Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec |
| 24.1 Gpixels/sec | Stereo matching | 13.1 Gpixels/sec |
| 608.2 FPS | Particle physics | 851.2 FPS |
| Metal | API | OpenCL |
| — | Samples | 19 tests |
| — | 3DMark Steel Nomad Light | 505 |
| 1482 | Score | 505 |
| 65% | Stability | 77% |
| 8 FPS | Graphics test | 4 FPS |
| — | 3DMark Solar Bay | — |
| — | Score | 1508 |
| — | Graphics test | 9 FPS |
| — | Section 1 | — |
| — | Section 2 | — |
| — | Section 3 | — |
| 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest | 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) |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 2490 MHz | Frequency | 2840 MHz |
| ARMv8.3-A | Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A |
| 128 KB | L1 cache | 512 KB |
| 8 MB | L2 cache | 1 MB |
| 7 nanometers | Process | 5 nanometers |
| TSMC | Manufacturing | Samsung |
| LPDDR4X | Memory type | LPDDR5 |
| 2133 MHz | Memory frequency | 3200 MHz |
| 4x 16 Bit | Bus | 4x 16 Bit |
| 34.1 Gb/s | Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gb/s |
| 4 GB | Max size | 24 GB |
| Intel XMM 7560 | Modem | X60 |
| LTE Cat. 18 | 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 |
| No | 5G support | Yes |
| Up to 1000 Mbps | Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Up to 350 Mbps | Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps |
| 5 | Wi-Fi | 6 |
| 5 | Bluetooth | 5.2 |
| GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC |
| NVMe | Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 |
| 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS |
| 4K at 60FPS | Video playback | 8K at 30FPS |
| - H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG | Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
| - AAC - AAC‑LC - AAX и AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HE‑AAC - HE‑AAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 | Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
| Neural Engine | Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 |
| September 2018 | Announced | December 2020 |
| Flagship | Class | Flagship |
| APL1W81 | Model number | SM8350 |
| Apple A12 GPU | GPU name | Adreno 660 |
| Apple Bionic GPU | Architecture | Adreno 600 |
| 1125 MHz | GPU frequency | 840 MHz |
| 4 | Pipelines | 3 |
| 64 | Shading units | 256 |
| 256 | Total shaders | 768 |
| 576 Gigaflops | FLOPS | 1290.2 Gigaflops |