Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
vs
Apple A17 Pro
vs
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
and
Apple A17 Pro
mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Frequency: 4600 MHz / 4740 MHz (4600 MHz / 4740 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (September 2025 vs September 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
September 2025
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8850-AC/SM8850-5-AC
Model Name
APL1V02
2x 4.6 GHz, 6x 3.62 GHz
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
4x 2.11 GHz
8
Cores
6
3 nm
Technology
3 nm
4600 MHz / 4740 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 840
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
1200 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
3.6864 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
512
Shading units
-
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
-
On-Device Display Support • 4K+ @ 120Hz • QHD+ @ 240Hz
Max display resolution
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
X85 5G Modem-RF System
5G support
-
6.0
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
up to 5300MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
Miscellaneous
24 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
8 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 320MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.1
Storage type
-
4K video capture @120FPS
Video capture
-
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9
Video codecs
-
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3757
+26%
A17 Pro
2977
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12644
+69%
A17 Pro
7476
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3612
+68%
A17 Pro
2146
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3269240
+107%
A17 Pro
1578153
Comparison of Devices
3DMark Solar Bay
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
13959
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
6094
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme
Vivo iQOO 15 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1443
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Apple A17 Pro
1060
3DMark Solar Bay Extreme Unlimited
Honor Win
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1317
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
923
3DMark Solar Bay Unlimited
Redmagic 11 Pro / 11 Pro+
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
14509
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
5731
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
ZTE Nubia Z80 Ultra
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3157
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
1375
3DMark Steel Nomad Light Unlimited
Honor Magic8
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3043
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Apple A17 Pro
1273
3DMark Wild Life
Realme GT8 Pro
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
22090
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Apple A17 Pro
10012
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Xiaomi 17
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
6031
Apple iPhone 15 Pro Max
Apple A17 Pro
3659
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