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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Apple A19

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
Apple A19

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Apple A19 mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm (TSMC N3P))
  • Higher Frequency: 3000 MHz (3000 MHz vs 2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz)
Apple A19
Apple A19
Apple A19
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2025 (December 2021 vs September 2025)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
December 2021
Launch Date
September 2025
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
Samsung
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8450
Model Name
A19
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Architecture
6-core CPU (2 performance + 4 efficiency)
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
3 nm (TSMC N3P)
3000 MHz
Frequency
2x 4.26 GHz – 4x 2.51 GHz

GPU Specifications

Adreno 730
GPU name
Apple A19 GPU, 5-core with Neural Accelerators
818 MHz
GPU frequency
-
2.5128 TFLOPS
FLOPS
-
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
Gigabit LTE
Yes
5G support
5G (sub-6 GHz & mmWave)
5.3
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 6
6
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 7
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5
Memory type
-
3200 MHz
Memory frequency
-
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
-

Miscellaneous

-
L1 Cache
Instruction Cache 128 KB, Data Cache 64.0 KB
Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
16-core Neural Engine
1 MB
L2 Cache
4 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, Apple Lossless (ALAC), FLAC, MP3, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
UFS 3.1
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K Dolby Vision @60 fps; Cinematic 4K @30 fps; slo-mo 1080p @120/240 fps; Spatial Video 1080p @30 fps
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
HEVC (H.265), H.264, AV1; HDR Dolby Vision/HDR10+/HDR10/HLG
5.3 W
TDP
-
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
A19
3559 +114%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
A19
8710 +116%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1096529
A19
1918578 +75%