Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Full Specs

Summary

6 Cores(2P+4E) 6 Threads(2P+4E) 2.49GHz	8 Cores(1P+4M+3E) 8 Threads(1P+4M+3E) 3.2GHz
TDP 5W	TDP 5W
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s LPDDR4X	Bandwidth 67.2GB/s LPDDR5X
iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Adreno 740
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16

Highlights

Geekbench 6 Single

Geekbench 6 Single Geekbench 6 Multi Max Bandwidth iGPU Peak iGPU FP32 iGPU FP16 NPU TOPS TDP

A12 Bionic1,336

x1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 21,666

x1.25

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Core Config

6 Cores 2P - 4E	8 Cores 1P 4M 3E
6 Threads 2P - 4E	8 Threads 1P 4M 3E

Clocks

Base Clock 2.49GHz	Base Clock 3.2GHz
Overclocking Locked	Overclocking Locked

Cache

L1i 128KB P - 48KB E	L1i 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L1d 128KB P - 32KB E	L1d 64KB P 64KB M 32KB E
L2 8MB P shared 2MB E shared	L2 1MB P 512KB M 128KB E - -
L3 -	L3 8MB
SLC Cache 8MB	SLC Cache 4MB

Memory

Type LPDDR4X	Type LPDDR5X
Max Memory 4GB	Max Memory 24GB
ECC No	ECC No
Channels 1	Channels 4
Bus Width 64-bit	Bus Width 64-bit
Speed 4266MT/s	Speed 8400MT/s
Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth 67.2GB/s
Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate4266MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 34.1GB/s	Bandwidth Calculator Channels Transfer Rate8400MT/s Calculated Bandwidth 67.2GB/s

Power & Thermals

TDP 5W

TDP 5W

Expansion

PCIe PCIe 3.0 x5 4.9GB/sBandwidth

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iGPU

iGPU 4-Core A12	iGPU Adreno 740
Shaders 256	Shaders 1536
Boost Clock 1.1GHz	Boost Clock 680MHz
Peak·FP32·FP16 562.2 GFLOPSFP16	Peak·FP32·FP16 4.18 TFLOPSFP16

NPU

NPU Model H11 Quin	NPU Model Hexagon
NPU Cores 8	NPU Cores -
NPU Clock 1.26GHz	NPU Clock -
Performance 5 TOPSFP16	Performance -

Cellular

Modem Model -	Modem Model X70
Cellular -	Cellular 5G mmWave
Peak Down -	Peak Down Up to 10.0Gbps
Peak Up -	Peak Up Up to 3.5Gbps

Chip

Manufacturer Apple	Manufacturer Qualcomm
ISA AArch64	ISA AArch64
Architecture Apple Silicon 8ARMv8.3-A	Architecture KryoARMv9.0-A
Family A Series	Family 8 Series
Branding	Branding
Codename Cyprus A12Variant VortexP-Core - TempestE-Core	Codename - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Variant Cortex-X3P-Core Cortex-A715M-Core Cortex-A510E-Core
Market Segment Smartphone	Market Segment Smartphone
Release Date Sep 21, 2018	Release Date Oct 12, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry TSMC
Fabrication Node N7	Fabrication Node N4
Die Size 83mm²	Die Size 121mm²
Transistor Count 6.9 Billion	Transistor Count -
Transistor Density 83 MTr/mm²	Transistor Density -

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Used In

Smartphones iPhone XRiPhone XSiPhone XS Max	Smartphones OnePlus 12ROnePlus Open
Tablets iPad 8(A12, Late 2020)iPad Air 3(A12, Early 2019)iPad mini 5(A12, Early 2019)	Tablets -

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