Snapdragon 720G vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G (Adreno 618) 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 720G
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Supports 129% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 73%) AnTuTu 11 score β 895K vs 517K
- Higher GPU frequency (~50%)
- Performs 50% better in floating-point computations
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (2490 vs 2300 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 8 nm)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 218272 | 309104 |
| GPU | 50078 | 144993 |
| Memory | 103903 | 139578 |
| UX | 145207 | 301952 |
| Total score | 517460 | 895627 |
| Samples | [52 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 | 94.3 MB/sec | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 45.9 pages/sec | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 62.1 Mpixels/sec | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 33.9 images/sec | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 55.7 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 5.39 images/sec | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 15.3 images/sec | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.36 Mpixels/sec | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 21 tests | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.88 images/sec | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.78 images/sec | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.07 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 3.86 Gpixels/sec | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 217.7 FPS | 608.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 19 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 314 | 1482 |
| Stability | 98% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 8 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 8030 | - |
| Video editing score | 6295 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 7577 | - |
| Photo editing score | 18039 | - |
| Writing score | 9464 | - |
| Phones tested | 6 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 43 FPS [High] |
- |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 40 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Low] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 51 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Genshin Impact | 34 FPS [Medium] |
- |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 30 FPS [High] |
- |
| Device | Realme 7 Pro 1080 x 2400 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-31 (Ixy) | AnTuTu 12 | 650107 |
| π 2026-10-29 (Samudra12) | AnTuTu 12 | 637831 |
| π 2026-10-24 (SinaRS) | AnTuTu 12 | 588570 |
| π 2026-10-15 (Jadson) | AnTuTu 12 | 568523 |
| π 2026-10-14 (JADSON) | AnTuTu 12 | 568523 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-30 (wtfsdu) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 9884 |
| π 2026-09-16 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| π 2026-07-31 (ΠΠΈΠΌΠ°) | AnTuTu 11 | 644981 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7868 |
| π 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 720G and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.3 GHz β Kryo 465 Gold (Cortex-A76) 6x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 465 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.49 GHz β Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz β Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2300 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 8 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 5 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 618 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 750 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 384 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 692 | Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | 5 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS, 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS, 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - 384 kHz/32 bit | - AAC - AACβLC - AAX and AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HEβAAC - HEβAAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | X15 | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 15 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 800 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | January 2020 | September 2018 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7125 | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 720G official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A20 Pro |
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