Qualcomm Snapdragon 695 vs Apple A17 Pro

We’ve meticulously compared the recently released Snapdragon 695 vs A17 Pro SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. This comparison focuses on the pros and cons of their 8-core and 6-core CPUs, backed by performance metrics from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 695
  • Snapdragon 695 has -39.91% higher GPU clock speed than A17 Pro (840 vs 1398 MHz).
Pros of A17 Pro
  • A17 Pro has 71.82 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 695 ( 3780 vs 2200 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.02 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 695 ( 3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 50.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 695 ( 3 vs 6 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 339.33 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 695 ( 1632 K vs 371 K).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 695 .
  • A17 Pro Support 201.18 % higher memory bandwidth than Snapdragon 695 ( 51.2 vs 17 GB/s).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
1631657
CPU 115765 399992
GPU 93638 620081
Memory 60715 265579
UX 101282 346005
Total score 371400 1631657

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 99% 79%
Graphics test 7 FPS 60 FPS
Score 1204 10002

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 695 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 2x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 660 Gold (Cortex-A77)
6x 1.7 GHz – Kryo 660 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 3.78 GHz
4x 2.02 GHz
Cores 8 6
Base Frequency 1700MHz 2020MHz
Turbo Frequency 2200MHz 3780MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache - 16 MB
L3 cache - -
Process 6 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count - 19 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 619 Apple A17 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple GPU
GPU frequency 840 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines - 6
Shading units 128 128
Total shaders 256 256
FLOPS 536 Gigaflops 2147.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 686 Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 8 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 NVMe
Max display resolution 2520 x 1080 -
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP -
Video capture 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV -

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 -
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 800 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 1500 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 210 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced October 2021 September 2023
Class Mid-range Flagship
Model number SM6375 APL1V02
Official page Snapdragon 695 official site A17 Pro official site