Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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 May 2022)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2023
Launch Date
May 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
-
APL1V02
Model Name
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 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 730
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
900 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12

Connectivity

-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
-
Bluetooth
5.3
-
Wi-Fi
6
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

-
Memory type
LPDDR5
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

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Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.1
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
-
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv9-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977 +79%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476 +78%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153 +34%
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1178340