Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) 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 8 Elite (Gen 4)
- Performs 5.9x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.5x) AnTuTu 11 score – 3126K vs 895K
- Supports 149% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 7 nm)
- 73% higher CPU clock speed (4320 vs 2490 MHz)
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 893474 | 309104 |
| GPU | 1133808 | 144993 |
| Memory | 427210 | 139578 |
| UX | 671910 | 301952 |
| Total score | 3126402 | 895627 |
| Samples | [541 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 | 367.8 MB/sec | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 223.5 pages/sec | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 257 Mpixels/sec | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 234.4 images/sec | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 315.8 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 32.7 images/sec | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 90.6 images/sec | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 12.4 Mpixels/sec | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 148 tests | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 45.3 images/sec | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | 21.6 images/sec | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.91 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 1.75 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 96.8 Gpixels/sec | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 3848 FPS | 608.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 100 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2386 | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 10874 | - |
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 35 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 5664 | 1482 |
| Stability | 51% | 65% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 8 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21945 | - |
| Video editing score | 8458 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 16086 | - |
| Photo editing score | 39118 | - |
| Writing score | 22647 | - |
| Phones tested | 36 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-10-09 (IceBaer) | AnTuTu 12 | 3395994 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV) | Geekbench 7 GPU | 14153 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV) | Geekbench 7 CPU | 2548 / 8876 |
| 📘 2026-10-09 (RuxeLV) | AnTuTu 12 | 3512055 |
| 📘 2026-10-08 (Poco f8 pro TECH) | AnTuTu 12 | 3367109 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-16 -> op1 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| 📘 2026-07-31 (Дима) | AnTuTu 11 | 644981 |
| 📘 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 GPU | 7868 |
| 📘 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
| 📘 2026-05-12 -> Giahuy | AnTuTu 11 | 756483 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L) 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M) |
2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4320 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 830 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1100 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 4 |
| Shading units | 512 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 3379.2 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAC‑LC - AAX и AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HE‑AAC - HE‑AAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2024 | September 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8750-AB | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - Apple A19 Pro |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
- The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequency—4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB models—and its GPU is 100 MHz faster.
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