Apple A17 Pro
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A17 Pro
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (3780 MHz vs 3800 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: November 2025 (September 2023 vs November 2025)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2023
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
APL1V02
Model Name
SM8845
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
3780 MHz
Frequency
3800 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A17 GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1398 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
2.1472 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
6.0
-
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
Miscellaneous
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
-
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
-
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
-
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
8 W
TDP
-
-
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A17 Pro
2977
+6%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A17 Pro
7476
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
+35%
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