Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (Adreno 619) with the older 6-core Apple A12 Bionic (Apple A12 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 17 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 72%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 895K vs 521K
- Higher GPU frequency (~61%)
- Performs 61% better in floating-point computations
- 25% higher CPU clock speed (2490 vs 2000 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 229840 | 309104 |
| GPU | 49950 | 144993 |
| Memory | 101579 | 139578 |
| UX | 140317 | 301952 |
| Total score | 521686 | 895627 |
| Samples | [7 tests] | Less than 3 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 101.5 MB/sec | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 54.9 pages/sec | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 79.8 Mpixels/sec | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 42 images/sec | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 66.8 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 6.11 images/sec | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 21.4 images/sec | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.84 Mpixels/sec | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 4 tests | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 2.15 images/sec | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.1 images/sec | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 0.63 Gpixels/sec | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 201.4 FPS | 608.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | Less than 3 | Less than 3 |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 308 | 1482 |
| Stability | 99% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 8 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 12259 | - |
| Video editing score | 4529 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 8023 | - |
| Photo editing score | 23033 | - |
| Writing score | 12626 | - |
| Phones tested | 2 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-06-19 (RรธFรฎKรผL) | AnTuTu 11 | 584179 |
| ๐ 2026-05-12 (Mark) | AnTuTu 11 | 403824 |
| ๐ 2026-03-06 (Sean O) | AnTuTu 11 | 521686 |
| ๐ 2026-02-15 (Chxp) | AnTuTu 11 | 523738 |
| ๐ 2026-01-23 (Eddy) | AnTuTu 11 | 490749 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-16 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| ๐ 2026-07-31 (ะะธะผะฐ) | AnTuTu 11 | 644981 |
| ๐ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7868 |
| ๐ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
| ๐ 2026-05-12 -> Giahuy | AnTuTu 11 | 756483 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz โ Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz โ Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.49 GHz โ Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz โ Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 700 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 358.4 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AACโLC - AAX and AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HEโAAC - HEโAAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X51 | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2022 | September 2018 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Model number | SM4375 | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 2 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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