Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
March 2020
March 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Mid range
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
SM7475-AB
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2910 MHz
Transistor count
10
10.2
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Adreno 725
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
580 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3360 x 1600
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.7817 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
2
Shading units
512
768
OpenCL version
2.0
2.0
Vulkan version
1.1
1.1
DirectX version
12
12.1
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
2x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
25.6 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
2 MB
Audio codecs
Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC v2, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
1x 12MP
1x 200MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Yes
TDP
15 W
6 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 25.6 Gbit/s)
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2910 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2910 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2023 (March 2020 vs March 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+29%
1699
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+5%
4642
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
4419
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
+68%
1799
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
