Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
March 2020
January 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1083
SM8250-AC
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
7 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
3200 MHz
Transistor count
10
10.3
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.2-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Adreno 650
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
670 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
Execution units
64
2
Shading units
512
512
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. 22
5G support
No
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
Wi-Fi
5
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
4266 MHz
2750 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
44 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
1 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, 2x 25MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Hexagon 698
TDP
15 W
6 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 44 Gbit/s)
Snapdragon 870
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (2500 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: January 2021 (March 2020 vs January 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+15%
1322
Snapdragon 870
1151
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+39%
4642
Snapdragon 870
3336
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Snapdragon 870
+27%
1358
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
53
Ranks 53 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 870
