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 (4600 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
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
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
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
-
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Video codecs
-
8K HDR video playback @60FPS
Video playback
-
-
TDP
8 W
ARMv9.2-A
Instruction set
-
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
4177588
+165%
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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