Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus vs Apple A12 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
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Released
Q4/2018
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Released
Q3/2018
Overall score
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Apple A12 Bionic
Apple A12 Bionic

What's the best choice Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus or Apple A12 Bionic? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus has a maximum frequency of 2.96 GHz. 8 / 8 Cores. Released in Q4/2018.

Apple A12 Bionic has a maximum frequency of 1.59 GHz. 6 Cores. Power consumption of 6 W. Released in Q3/2018.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    952 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 46% better clock speed

    2.96 GHz left arrow 1.59 GHz
  • More number of cores

    2 times more cores

    8 left arrow 6

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    881 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    860 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    307 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    22 place
Apple A12 Bionic Reasons to consider
Apple A12 Bionic
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  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    870 left arrow score

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Apple A12 Bionic CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    432 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    833 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    578 place
  • AnTuTu 8 benchmark
    31 place

Specifications

Technical data
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Apple A12 Bionic Apple A12 Bionic
CPU family and group

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

  • Family
    Qualcomm Snapdragon left arrow Apple A series
  • CPU group
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 left arrow Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
  • Segment
    Mobile left arrow Mobile
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 12
  • Predecessor
    -- left arrow Apple A11 Bionic
  • Successor
    Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 left arrow Apple A13 Bionic
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Core architecture
    hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE) left arrow hybrid (big.LITTLE)
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow No
IGPU

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

  • GPU name
    Qualcomm Adreno 640 left arrow Apple A12
  • GPU frequency
    0.25 GHz left arrow 1.59 GHz
  • GPU (Turbo)
    0.68 GHz left arrow 2.49 GHz
  • Execution units
    4 left arrow 4
  • Shader
    384 left arrow 0
  • Max. GPU Memory
    4 GB left arrow 4 GB
  • Max. displays
    1 left arrow 1
  • Generation
    5 left arrow 9
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Release date
    Q1/2019 left arrow Q3/2018
Hardware codec support

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

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h264
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP8
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow Decode
  • VC-1
    No left arrow Decode
  • JPEG
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A12 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    LPDDR4X-4266 left arrow LPDDR4X-4266
  • Max. Memory
    16 GB left arrow 16 GB
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 1
  • ECC
    No left arrow No
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A12 Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    left arrow 6 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • L2-Cache
    2.00 MB left arrow 8.00 MB
  • L3-Cache
    3.00 MB left arrow --
  • Architecture
    Kryo 485 left arrow A12
  • Technology
    7 nm left arrow 7 nm
  • Virtualization
    None left arrow None
  • Socket
    N/A left arrow N/A
  • Release date
    Q4/2018 left arrow Q3/2018
  • Part Number
    SM8150-AC left arrow --

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus and Apple A12 Bionic.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 SC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
757
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
1108
Apple A12 Bionic
Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
Geekbench 5 MC is a popular cross-platform performance test for desktop or mobile processors that uses system memory intensively
2632
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
2543
Apple A12 Bionic
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games
1037
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
488
Apple A12 Bionic
AnTuTu 8 benchmark
The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark tests ARM processors by simulating browser and application performance for Android, iOS, AI, SoC
487155
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
425605
Apple A12 Bionic

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