Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (September 2023 vs November 2022)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2023
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 740
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
1280
-
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
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4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
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Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
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Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
6.3 W
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977
+49%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476
+40%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153
+2%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1550709
FP32 (float)
A17 Pro
2146
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411
+59%
