Apple A14 Bionic
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 865

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SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (5 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 2840 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2020 (September 2020 vs December 2019)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2020
Launch Date
December 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1W01
Model Name
SM8250-AB
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
6
Cores
8
5 nm
Technology
7 nm
3100 MHz
Frequency
2840 MHz
11.8
Transistor count
10.3

GPU Specifications

Apple A14 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 650
1278 MHz
GPU frequency
587 MHz
0.6543 TFLOPS
FLOPS
1.2021 TFLOPS
64
Shading units
512
4
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
2732 x 2048
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
LTE Cat. 18
4G support
LTE Cat. 22
Yes
5G support
Yes
5.0
Bluetooth
5.1
6
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR4X
Memory type
LPDDR5
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

8 MB
L2 Cache
1 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
4K at 60FPS
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
6 W
TDP
5 W
ARMv8.5-A
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A14 Bionic
2087 +85%
Snapdragon 865
1128
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A14 Bionic
4820 +47%
Snapdragon 865
3277
FP32 (float)
A14 Bionic
667
Snapdragon 865
1226 +84%
AnTuTu 10
A14 Bionic
1082930 +44%
Snapdragon 865
753667