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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 vs Apple A6

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
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Multi-core performance
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
Qualcomm Adreno 304
19
Apple A6
Apple A6 100 %
PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
68

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At a glance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
FamilyQualcomm Snapdragon (105)Apple A series (27)
CPU groupQualcomm Snapdragon 205-212 (4)Apple A6/A6X (2)
ArchitectureCortex-A7A6
Technology28 nm32 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A5
SuccessorApple A7

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
CPU Cores / Threads4 / 42 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalnormal
Cores: 4x Cortex-A7 2x Swift
Frequency: 1.30 GHz 1.30 GHz
Turbo (1 Core):
Turbo (All Cores):
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
GPU nameQualcomm Adreno 304PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
GPU frequency0.40 - 0.40 GHz0.27 GHz
CUs / Shader / 246 / 48
Raytracing
Max. displays01
Max. GPU Memory
Technology28 nm32 nm
Release dateQ3/2015Q3/2012

NPU AI performance

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon QDSP6
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
MemoryLPDDR3-1066 (4.3 GB/s)
LPDDR2-1066 (4.3 GB/s)
LPDDR2-1066 (8.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB1 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
TDP
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212Apple A6
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsAndroidiOS
Instruction setArmv7-A (32 bit)Armv7-A (32 bit)
ISA extensions
Release date2015Q3/2012
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
4C / 4T · 1.30 GHz
Apple A6
Apple A6
2C / 2T · 1.30 GHz

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Qualcomm Snapdragon 212
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