Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A17 Pro

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Apple A17 Pro mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (67 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (March 2024 vs September 2023)
  • Higher Technology: 3 nm (4 nm vs 3 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3780 MHz (3000 MHz vs 3780 MHz)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
March 2024
Launch Date
September 2023
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
APL1V02
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
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 735
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
750 MHz
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
3.7308 TFLOPS
FLOPS
2.1472 TFLOPS
786
Shading units
-
2
Execution units
-
2.0
OpenCL version
-
1.3
Vulkan version
-
3840 x 2160
Max display resolution
-
12.1
DirectX version
-

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
-
Yes
5G support
-
5.4
Bluetooth
-
7
Wi-Fi
-
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
-

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
-
4200 MHz
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
67 Gbit/s
Max Bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
-
-
L2 Cache
16 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
-
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
-
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
-
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
-
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
-
6 W
TDP
8 W
ARMv9-A
Instruction set
-

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
A17 Pro
2977 +82%
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
A17 Pro
7476 +87%
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1846775 +17%
A17 Pro
1578153