Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A17 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 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 3300 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (51.2 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (September 2023 vs October 2023)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2023
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
SM8650-AB
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
4 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 750
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
770 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
5.4
-
Wi-Fi
7
-
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
64 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0
-
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, 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
+36%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
AnTuTu 10
A17 Pro
1578153
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+23%
