Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
vs
Apple A17 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 5 and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Newer Launch Date: May 2026 (May 2026 vs September 2023)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (Up to 2.4 GHz vs 3780 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2026
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Low end
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
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Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
Model Name
APL1V02
2x 2.4 GHz - Kryo Performance; 6x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
Up to 2.4 GHz
Frequency
3780 MHz

GPU Specifications

Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
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GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
OpenCL 3.0
OpenCL version
-
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
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FHD+ at 144 Hz; HD+ 900 x 1600 at 120 Hz
Max display resolution
-

Connectivity

5G/4G DSDA
4G support
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Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; FDD and TDD; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; 4x4 MIMO; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; uplink up to 900 Mbps; Release 17
5G support
-
Bluetooth 5.1
Bluetooth
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Wi-Fi 5; 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz
Wi-Fi
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GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, NavIC L1 + L5, QZSS; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LP-DDR4x
Memory type
-
2133 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

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L2 Cache
16 MB
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Qualcomm aptX audio
Audio codecs
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108 MP; 32 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1 2-Lane
Storage type
-
1080p dual video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 120 FPS; H.264 and H.265 video capture
Video capture
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H.264, H.265, VP9
Video codecs
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Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder
Video playback
-
-
TDP
8 W
64-bit
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
943
A17 Pro
2977 +216%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 4 Gen 5
2410
A17 Pro
7476 +210%