Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A14 Bionic

We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A14 Bionic SoCs, designed by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. Our comparison outlines the benefits and limitations of these 8-core and 6-core processors, focusing on their performance across Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and technical aspects.

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 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 38.06 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1037 K vs 751 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 50.15 % higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic ( 51.2 vs 34.1 MHz).
Pros of A14 Bionic
  • A14 Bionic has 3.33 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3100 vs 3000 MHz).

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.
CPU 249768 203493
GPU 448381 284242
Memory 172528 131989
UX 166045 131211
Total score 1036722 750935

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 88% 77%
Graphics test 54 FPS 50 FPS
Score 9041 8375

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores 8 6
Base Frequency 1800MHz 1800MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 3100MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L2 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 11.8 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 -
GPU frequency 800 MHz -
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 768 -
Total shaders 1536 -
FLOPS - 998 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1W01
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site A14 Bionic official site