Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 vs Apple A12 Bionic: specifications

Comparison of technical characteristics between computer processors, with the Apple A12 Bionic on one hand, and the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 on the other hand. The first has a total of 6 cores, 6 threads, a maximum frequency of 2.5 GHz. The second has 8 cores, 8 threads, its turbo frequency reaches 2.5 GHz. The following table also allows us to compare the lithography, the number of transistors (if indicated), the amount of cache memory, the maximum RAM memory capacity, the type of memory accepted, the launch date, the maximum number of PCIe lines , the values obtained in Geekbench 4 and Cinebench R15, as well as the price.

Specifications:

Processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835	Apple A12 Bionic
Family	Snapdragon	Ax
Release date	Q2 2017	Q3 2018
Lithography	10 nm FinFET LPE	7 nm FinFET
Transistors	3,000,000,000	6,900,000,000
Cores	8	6
Threads	8	6
Base frequency	1.9 GHz	1.6 GHz
Turbo frequency	2.5 GHz	2.5 GHz
Details	4x Cortex-A73 @2.45 GHz 4x Cortex-A53 @1.9 GHz	2x Vortex @2.49 GHz 4x Tempest @1.59 GHz
Cache	2 MB	8 MB
Max memory size	6 GB	4 GB
Memory types	LPDDR4X-1866	LPDDR4X-2133
AnTuTu	199 273	368 880
Geekbench 4 single-core	1,855	4,695
Geekbench 4 multi-core	6,324	10,985
Price	NA	NA
Amazon	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835	Apple A12 Bionic
Ebay	Qualcomm Snapdragon 835	Apple A12 Bionic

We can better compare what are the technical differences between the two processors. The processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 has more cores, that the turbo frequency of the Apple A12 Bionic is bigger, that their respective TDPs are of the same order identical. The Apple A12 Bionic was launched more recently.

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