Apple A19 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A19 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (4260 MHz vs 4600 MHz)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19 Pro
Model Name
SM8850
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz –
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz – 6x 3.62 GHz –
6
Cores
8
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4260 MHz
Frequency
4600 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A19 Pro GPU 6-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Adreno 840
-
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
-
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
512
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
Yes
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
6.00 MB
L2 Cache
-
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - Motion JPEG
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19 Pro
3744
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757 +0%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19 Pro
9758
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644 +30%
AnTuTu 10
A19 Pro
2112459
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588 +98%