Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730) with the older 6-core Apple A12 Bionic (Apple A12 Bionic 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Performs 4x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 9 score – 1037K vs 530K
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
- Announced 3-years and 3-months later
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- 20% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2490 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~38%)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 249768 | 143402 |
| GPU | 448381 | 186891 |
| Memory | 172528 | 91638 |
| UX | 166045 | 107048 |
| Total score | 1037127 | 530138 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 192.4 Mpixels/s | 132.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 36 images/s | 14.5 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 81.2 words/s | 67.8 words/s |
| Machine learning | 83.7 images/s | 54.1 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 38.7 images/s | 14.6 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 4.24 Mnodes/s | 3.27 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1140 Krows/s | 745 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 57% | 69% |
| Graphics test | 53 FPS | 31 FPS |
| Score | 8958 | 5237 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 42 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 89 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 114 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 40 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Poco F4 GT 1080 x 2400 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3000 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Apple A12 Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | - |
| GPU frequency | 818 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Execution units | 3 | 32 |
| Shading units | 768 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 2236 Gigaflops | 560 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 12 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 1x 64 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Yes |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8450 | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | - |
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