Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
We compared two versions of phone SoCs: 6 cores 2490MHz Apple A12 Bionic vs. 8 cores 2630MHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 . You will find out which processor performs better in benchmark tests, key specifications, power consumption, and more.
Main Differences
Apple A12 Bionic 's Advantages
Larger memory bandwidth (34.1GB/s vs 25.6GB/s)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 's Advantages
Higher Frequency (2630MHz vs 2490MHz)
More modern manufacturing process (4nm vs 7nm)
Released 5 years and 2 months late
Score
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
Apple A12 Bionic
643548
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
+34%
866863
CPU
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex
4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest
Architecture
1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2490 MHz
Frequency
2630 MHz
6
Cores
8
ARMv8.3-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
8 MB
L2 cache
-
-
L3 cache
0
7 nm
Process
4 nm
6.9
Transistor count
-
6 W
TDP
6 W
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Graphics
Apple A12 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 720
1125 MHz
GPU frequency
-
4
Execution units
-
64
Shading units
-
4
Max size
16
0.576 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
1.1
Vulkan version
1.3
2.0
OpenCL version
2.0
12
DirectX version
-
Memory
LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Bus
2x 16 Bit
34.1 Gbit/s
Max bandwidth
25.6 Gbit/s
AI
-
NPU
Yes
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Yes
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
2688 x 1242
Max display resolution
3360 x 1600
1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Intel XMM 7560
Modem
Snapdragon X63
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
No
5G support
Yes
Up to 1000 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 350 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1600 Mbps
5
Wi-Fi
6
5.0
Bluetooth
5.3
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Sep 2018
Announced
Nov 2023
Flagship
Class
Mid range
APL1W81
Model number
SM7550-AB
