Apple A12X Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus. Specifications

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

• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
• Family
  Apple A series Qualcomm Snapdragon
• Generation
  12 8
• 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 680 Prime
• B-Core
  4x Tempest 3x Kryo 680 Gold
• Base Frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.8 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Kryo 680 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 3 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
  - 12.1
• Execution units
  7 0
• Generation
  9 6
• GPU Frequency
  1590 MHz 840 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A12X Qualcomm Adreno 660
• GPU Turbo
  2490 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  2 0
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q1/2021
• Shader
  0 0
• Technology
  7 nm 5 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 888 Plus and Apple A12X Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-3200

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12X Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 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 -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12X Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A12 Kryo 680
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 4 MB
• L3-Cache
  - 4 MB
• Part Number
  - SM8350-AC
• Release date
  Q3/2018 Q3/2021
• Technology
  7 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  None None