Product Compare
Apple A12 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 636
| SOC | SOC | |
|---|---|---|
| CPU | ||
| Architecture | 2x 2.49 GHz – Vortex4x 1.6 GHz – Tempest | 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 260 Gold (Cortex-A73)4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo 260 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
| Frequency | 2490 MHz | 1800 MHz |
| Cores | 6 | 8 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.3-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | |
| L2 cache | 0 | |
| Process | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Transistor count | 6.9 | 2 |
| TDP | 6 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Graphics | ||
| GPU name | Apple A12 GPU | Adreno 509 |
| GPU frequency | 1125 MHz | 720 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 1 |
| Shading units | 64 | 128 |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| DirectX version | 12 | 11 |
| Memory | ||
| Memory Type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 5.3 Gbit/s |
| Multimedia (ISP) | ||
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Hexagon 680 |
| Storage type | NVMe | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.1 |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 1900 x 1200 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | 1x 24MP, 2x 16MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AAC‑LC, Apple Lossless, HE‑AAC, Linear PCM, AAX и AAX+, HE‑AAC v2, MP3 | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
| Connectivity | ||
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 13 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1000 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 350 Mbps | Up to 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS |
| Info | ||
| Announced | Sep 2018 | Oct 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Mid range |
| Model number | APL1W81 | SDM636 |
| Official page | Official Link ↗ | |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu 10 | 643548 | 220696 |
| Geekbench 6 Single Core | 1301 | 295 |
| Geekbench 6 Multi Core | 2843 | 1088 |
| FP32 (float) | 576 | 184 |