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Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G
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Benchmarks
Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks
Single-core performance
Multi-core performance
Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
Apple A12
Qualcomm Adreno 610
AI performance (NPU)
Apple A12 Bionic
100 %
6C / 6T · 2.49 GHz
8C / 8T · 2.40 GHz
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Specifications
At a glance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| Family | Apple A series (27) | Qualcomm Snapdragon (105) |
| CPU group | Apple A12/A12X/A12Z (3) | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (2) |
| Architecture | A12 | Kryo 265 |
| Technology | 7 nm | 6 nm |
| Segment | Smartphone / Tablet | Smartphone / Tablet |
| Socket | ||
| Predecessor | Apple A11 Bionic | |
| Successor | Apple A13 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 4G |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 | 8 / 8 |
| Hyperthreading / SMT | ✗ | ✗ |
| Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| Core Cluster 1: | 2x Vortex 2.49 GHz |
4x Kryo 265 Gold 2.40 GHz |
| Core Cluster 2: | 4x Tempest 1.59 GHz |
4x Kryo 265 Silver 1.80 GHz |
| L2-Cache | 8.00 MB | |
| L3-Cache | ||
| Overclocking | ✗ | ✗ |
Integrated graphics (iGPU)
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| GPU name | Apple A12 | Qualcomm Adreno 610 |
| GPU frequency | 1.13 GHz | 0.00 GHz |
| CUs / Shader | 16 / 256 | / 128 |
| Raytracing | ✗ | ✗ |
| Max. displays | 1 | 0 |
| Max. GPU Memory | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| Technology | 7 nm | 11 nm |
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q2/2019 |
NPU AI performance
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| AI hardware | Apple Neural Engine | Qualcomm AI engine |
| AI specifications | 8 Neural cores @ 5 TOPS | Hexagon 686 @ 3.3 TOPS |
| NPU + CPU + iGPU |
Memory & PCIe
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) | LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s) |
| Max. Memory | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory channels | 1 | 2 |
| ECC | No | No |
| PCIe | ||
| PCIe Bandwidth |
Thermal Management
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| TDP | 6 W | |
| TDP (PL2) | ||
| TDP up | ||
| TDP down | ||
| T. junction max. |
Technical details
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Wischen
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Apple A12 Bionic | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 4G |
|---|---|---|
| Chip design | Chiplet | Chiplet |
| AES-NI | ✗ | ✗ |
| Operating systems | iOS | Android |
| Instruction set | Armv8-A (64 bit) | Armv8-A (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions | ||
| Release date | Q3/2018 | Q1/2022 |
| Release price | 200 $ | |
| Documents | Technical data sheet |
User Reviews
Your rating
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