Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
vs
Apple A17 Pro
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 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 (2.6 GHz vs 3780 MHz)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
May 2026
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Mid range
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
-
Manufacturing
TSMC
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
Model Name
APL1V02
4x 2.6 GHz - Kryo Performance; 4x 2.0 GHz - Kryo Efficiency
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
2.6 GHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
GPU Specifications
Qualcomm Adreno GPU
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
-
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
-
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
OpenCL 2.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
Vulkan 1.3
Vulkan version
-
FHD+ at 144 Hz
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
5G/4G DSDA
4G support
-
Sub-6 GHz 5G; SA and NSA; TDD and FDD; TDD-FDD aggregation; DSS; 140 MHz bandwidth; downlink up to 2.8 Gbps; Release 17
5G support
-
Bluetooth 6.0; LE Audio; Bluetooth Channel Sounding
Bluetooth
-
Wi-Fi 7; 802.11be, 802.11ax, 802.11ac, 802.11a/b/g/n; up to 5.8 Gbps; up to 320 MHz channels
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo, QZSS, NavIC; dual-frequency GNSS L1 + L5
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LP-DDR4x, LP-DDR5
Memory type
-
LP-DDR4x: 2100 MHz; LP-DDR5: 3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
-
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
Qualcomm Aqstic audio codec; Qualcomm Aqstic smart speaker amplifier; Snapdragon Sound; Qualcomm XPAN
Audio codecs
-
200 MP; 64 MP single camera with ZSL; 16 MP + 16 MP dual camera with ZSL
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
4K HDR video capture at 30 FPS; 720p slow-motion video capture at 240 FPS; HEVC and H.264 video capture
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, HEVC, VP9, HLG
Video codecs
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Hardware-accelerated H.265 and VP9 decoder; HLG HDR playback
Video playback
-
-
TDP
8 W
64-bit
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1180
A17 Pro
2977
+152%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
3501
A17 Pro
7476
+114%
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
1012134
A17 Pro
1467470
+45%
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Xiaomi Redmi Note 17 Pro Max
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5
424
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
1375
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