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
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
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
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
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Neural Engine
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
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+
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