Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
March 2020
October 2023
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
SM8650-AB
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
4 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3300 MHz
Transistor count
10
-
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Adreno 750
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
770 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
64
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12
-
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Wi-Fi
5
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
4800 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 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 4.0
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Hexagon
TDP
15 W
-
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (7 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3300 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (March 2020 vs October 2023)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
1322
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+66%
2192
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
4642
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
+53%
7085
Geekbench 5
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+20%
1090
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+9%
4397
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048
SiliconCat Rating
29
Ranks 29 among all SOC on our website
12
Ranks 12 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
