Snapdragon 855 Plus vs A12 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus (Adreno 640) 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 855 Plus
- Performs 80% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- 19% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2490 MHz)
Pros of Apple A12 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~67%)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 895K vs 859K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 319447 | 309104 |
| GPU | 140848 | 144993 |
| Memory | 160806 | 139578 |
| UX | 237983 | 301952 |
| Total score | 859084 | 895627 |
| Samples | [3 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 | 130.6 MB/sec | 116.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 71.1 pages/sec | 59.4 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 92.4 Mpixels/sec | 71.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 62.4 images/sec | 23.7 images/sec |
| HDR | 85.4 Mpixels/sec | 98.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 9.03 images/sec | 11.2 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 31.2 images/sec | 36.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 3.8 Mpixels/sec | 3.49 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 159 tests | 5 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 4.59 images/sec | 16.1 images/sec |
| Face detection | 1.99 images/sec | 19.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.2 Gpixels/sec | 0.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.17 Gpixels/sec | 0.73 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.12 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 9.85 Gpixels/sec | 24.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 507.1 FPS | 608.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 2 tests | Less than 3 |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 1482 |
| Stability | - | 65% |
| Graphics test | - | 8 FPS |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 29 FPS [Medium] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 39 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Realme X3 Superzoom 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 855 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-03-10 (Jay Bee) | AnTuTu | 793601 |
| ๐ 2026-01-07 (Gadgi) | AnTuTu | 859084 |
| ๐ 2023-11-29 (Archie) | GeekBench GPU | 2934 |
Apple A12 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-16 -> op1 | GeekBench CPU | 1344 / 4757 |
| ๐ 2026-07-31 (ะะธะผะฐ) | AnTuTu | 644981 |
| ๐ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | GeekBench GPU | 7868 |
| ๐ 2026-06-27 -> USAball386 | GeekBench CPU | 1306 / 2770 |
| ๐ 2026-05-12 -> Giahuy | AnTuTu | 756483 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 855 Plus and A12 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.96 GHz โ Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 3x 2.42 GHz โ Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz โ Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) |
2x 2.49 GHz โ Vortex 4x 1.6 GHz โ Tempest |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2960 MHz | 2490 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 6.7 billion | 6.9 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 640 | Apple A12 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 675 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1036.8 Gigaflops | 576 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 690 | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.13 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 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 - AACโLC - AAX ะธ AAX+ - Apple Lossless - HEโAAC - HEโAAC v2 - Linear PCM - MP3 |
Connectivity
| Modem | X24 LTE, X50 5G | Intel XMM 7560 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 20 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 5000 Mbps | Up to 1000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1240 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | July 2019 | September 2018 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8150-AC | APL1W81 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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