Apple A19
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A19
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (3 nm (TSMC N3P) vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz vs 3300 MHz)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2025
Launch Date
October 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
A19
Model Name
SM8650-AB
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
Architecture
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
6
Cores
8
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
Technology
4 nm
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz
Frequency
3300 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
GPU name
Adreno 750
-
GPU frequency
770 MHz
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Max display resolution
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
Gigabit LTE
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6
Bluetooth
5.4
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
4800 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
L1 Cache
-
4 MB
L2 Cache
-
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
1x 48MP
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
-
Storage type
UFS 4.0
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
Video playback
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9
16-core Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A19
3559
+62%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A19
8710
+23%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085
AnTuTu 10
A19
1918578
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536
+1%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9421
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9124
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1717
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
955
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
1677
OnePlus 12
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
802
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
9708
Redmagic Gaming Pad Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
9078
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2130
Redmagic 9S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1840
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 17
Apple A19
2020
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 9 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1806
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