Apple A20 Pro
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A20 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 Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 3 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs September 2025)
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4.93 GHz vs 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Apple A20 Pro
Model Name
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
Architecture
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
6
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
4.93 GHz
Frequency
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A20 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1620 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
2903 GFLOPS
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
512
7
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0 FP
-
Max display resolution
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Connectivity
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
X85 5G Modem-RF System
Bluetooth 6.0
Bluetooth
6.0
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
up to 5300MHz
96-bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
192 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
24 MB
-
L3 cache
8 MB
AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Audio codecs
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
3x 48 MP
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 4.1
4K at 120 FPS
Video capture
4K video capture @120FPS
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
Video codecs
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
4K
Video playback
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A20 Pro
4713
+25%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A20 Pro
12599
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+0%
Geekbench 7 Single Core
A20 Pro
4015
+131%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1741
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
A20 Pro
11142
+47%
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7601
FP32 (float)
A20 Pro
2903
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+24%
AntuTu 11
A20 Pro
3434654
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3950082
+15%
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