Comparing Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

description_compare Apple A12 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

• Name
  Apple A12 Bionic Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  12 7
• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Predecessor
  Apple A11 Bionic --
• Successor
  Apple A13 Bionic --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• Frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  6 8
• Turbo (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 2.84 GHz
• CPU Threads
  6 8
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• A core
  2x Vortex 1x Kryo 585 Prime
• B core
  4x Tempest 3x Kryo 585 Gold
• C core
  -- 4x Kryo 585 Silver

• GPU name
  Apple A12 Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU frequency
  1.59 GHz 0.25 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  2.49 GHz 0.59 GHz
• Execution units
  4 2
• Shader
  0 512
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB --
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Generation
  9 6
• DirectX Version
  12.0
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2019

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  1 4

• AES-NI
  No No

• TDP (PL1)
  6 W 10 W

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  -- 3.00 MB
• Architecture
  A12 Kryo 585
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2019
• Part Number
  -- SM8250

• Used in
  Apple iPhone XRApple iPhone XSApple iPhone XS MaxApple iPad mini (5. Gen)Apple iPad Air (3. Gen) OnePlus 8OnePlus 8 ProSamsung Galaxy S20 5GSamsung Galaxy S20+ 5GSamsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G