Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
vs
Apple A20 Pro

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4 and Apple A20 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Frequency: 4320 MHz (4320 MHz vs 4.93 GHz)
  • Higher Technology: 2 nm (3 nm vs 2 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (October 2024 vs September 2026)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2024
Launch Date
September 2026
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8750-AB
Model Name
Apple A20 Pro
2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L), 6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
Architecture
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
2 nm
4320 MHz
Frequency
4.93 GHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 830
GPU name
Apple A20 Pro GPU
1100 MHz
GPU frequency
1620 MHz
3.3792 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2903 GFLOPS
512
Shading units
128
-
Execution units
7
3.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2540
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

Up to 10000 Mbps
Download speed
-
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
6.0
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6.0
7
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR5X
5300 MHz
Memory frequency
4800 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
96-bit

Miscellaneous

-
L1 Cache
192 KB
24 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
3x 48 MP
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 120 FPS
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.4-A
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
3092
A20 Pro
4713 +52%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
9529
A20 Pro
12599 +32%
Geekbench 7 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
2475
A20 Pro
4015 +62%
Geekbench 7 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
8889
A20 Pro
11142 +25%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
3447 +19%
A20 Pro
2903
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 4
3126402
A20 Pro
3434654 +10%