Apple A20 Pro
vs
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Apple A20 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 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 November 2025)
  • Higher Frequency: 3800 MHz (4.93 GHz vs 3800 MHz)

Basic

Apple
Label Name
Qualcomm
September 2026
Launch Date
November 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
Apple A20 Pro
Model Name
SM8845
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.8 GHz, 6x 3.32 GHz
6
Cores
8
2 nm
Technology
3 nm
4.93 GHz
Frequency
3800 MHz

GPU Specifications

Apple A20 Pro GPU
GPU name
Adreno 840
1620 MHz
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
2903 GFLOPS
FLOPS
-
128
Shading units
512
7
Execution units
-
-
OpenCL version
3.0
-
Vulkan version
1.4
-
Max display resolution
3840 x 2540
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

-
Download speed
Up to 10000 Mbps
-
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
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
4800 MHz
96-bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

192 KB
L1 Cache
-
16 MB
L2 Cache
-
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 4.0, UFS 4.1
4K at 120 FPS
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 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
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 +68%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2804
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
A20 Pro
12599 +25%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
10057
AntuTu 11
A20 Pro
3434654 +12%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
3057215

Comparison of Devices

3DMark Solar Bay
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
15335
Honor MagicPad4
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9649
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
2952
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
880
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3217
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
788
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
18148
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
9672
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3716
Motorola Signature
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
2076
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Apple iPhone 18 Pro Max
Apple A20 Pro
3709
OnePlus 15R
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
1968