Apple A12X Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Qualcomm Snapdragon 865/870
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  12 7
• Predecessor
  Apple A10X Fusion -
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Vortex 1x Kryo 585 Prime
• B-Core
  4x Tempest 3x Kryo 585 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 585 Silver
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 8
• CPU Threads
  8 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 2.84 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.49 GHz 2.42 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  - 12.0
• Execution units
  7 2
• Generation
  9 6
• GPU Frequency
  1590 MHz 250 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A12X Qualcomm Adreno 650
• GPU Turbo
  2490 MHz 590 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2019
• Shader
  0 512
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 and Apple A12X Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 16 GB
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12X Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 10 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12X Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A12 Kryo 585
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8.00 MB 2.00 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 3.00 MB
• Part Number
  - SM8250
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q4/2019
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None