Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A17 Pro
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.
Advantages
- Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3780 MHz)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2023 (December 2021 vs September 2023)
Basic
Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2021
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
APL1V02
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.11 GHz –
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
3 nm
3000 MHz
Frequency
3780 MHz
GPU Specifications
Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
818 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
768
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.1
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-
Connectivity
LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.3
Bluetooth
-
6
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
-
Memory Specifications
LPDDR5
Memory type
-
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
51.2 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
1 MB
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
5.3 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
-
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
A17 Pro
2977
+79%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
A17 Pro
7476
+86%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
A17 Pro
1578153
+44%
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2462
+15%
A17 Pro
2146
