Apple A12Z Bionic
Apple A12Z Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A12Z Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
March 2020
June 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1083
SM8350-AC
Architecture
4x 2.5 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.59 GHz – Tempest
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores
8
8
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
2500 MHz
2995 MHz
Transistor count
10
10.3
Instruction set
ARMv8-A
ARMv8.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A12Z GPU
Adreno 660
GPU frequency
1340 MHz
905 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
1.106 TFLOPS
1.8534 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
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
2x 64 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
68.2 GB/s
51.2 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
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Apple M12
Hexagon 780
TDP
15 W
8 W
Advantages
Apple A12Z Bionic
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 68.2 GB/s (68.2 GB/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 2995 MHz (2500 MHz vs 2995 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: June 2021 (March 2020 vs June 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+7%
1322
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Multi Core
Apple A12Z Bionic
+23%
4642
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
FP32 (float)
Apple A12Z Bionic
1073
Snapdragon 888 Plus
+78%
1909
SiliconCat Rating
33
Ranks 33 among all SOC on our website
43
Ranks 43 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 888 Plus
