Apple A19
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A19
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 4600 MHz)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19
Model Name
SM8850
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
6
Cores
8
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
3 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
4600 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A19 GPU, 5-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
Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
-
Memory type
LPDDR5X
-
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
-
L3 cache
16 MB
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
-
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
-
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+6%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+45%
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
4177588
+118%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9421
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1717
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1677
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9708
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2130
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2020
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
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