Apple A20 Pro
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Apple A20 Pro
and
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (2 nm vs 4 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2026 vs November 2022)
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (4.93 GHz vs 3200 MHz)
Basic
Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
November 2022
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Apple A20 Pro
Model Name
SM8550-AB
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
Architecture
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
6
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
4 nm
4.93 GHz
Frequency
3200 MHz
GPU Specifications
Apple A20 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 740
1620 MHz
GPU frequency
680 MHz
2903 GFLOPS
FLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
128
Shading units
1280
7
Execution units
2
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
DirectX version
12.1
Connectivity
-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
Bluetooth 6.0
Bluetooth
5.3
Wi-Fi 7
Wi-Fi
7
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
96-bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
192 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
1 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 200MP
NVMe
Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
4K at 120 FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
4K
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
-
TDP
6.3 W
ARMv9.4-A
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
A20 Pro
4713
+136%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A20 Pro
12599
+136%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5328
FP32 (float)
A20 Pro
2903
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
3411
+17%
AntuTu 11
A20 Pro
3434654
+95%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1757044
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
15335
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5622
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
2952
Xiaomi Mix Fold 3
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
549
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3217
Asus ROG Phone 7
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
527
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
18148
ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8S Pro / 8S Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
6471
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3716
ZTE Nubia Z50S Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1152
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3709
Meizu 20
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1185
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