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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A16 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
A16 Bionic chip
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
A16 Bionic chip

We’ve analyzed the newly launched Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A16 Bionic chip SoCs, created by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. This comparison highlights the key differences and similarities between these 8-core and 6-core processors, evaluated through Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, and other technical details.

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 -42.78% higher GPU clock speed than A16 Bionic chip (800 vs 1398 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 7.44 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A16 Bionic chip (1037 K vs 965 K).
Pros of A16 Bionic chip
  • A16 Bionic chip has 15.33 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3460 vs 3000 MHz).
  • A16 Bionic chip has 100.00 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 6400 vs 3200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
A16 Bionic chip

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 247110
GPU 448381 408357
Memory 172528 162944
UX 166045 146541
Total score 1036722 964952

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% 79%
Graphics test 54 FPS 59 FPS
Score 9041 9862

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 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2020MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 3460MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9-A
L2 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 8 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple GPU
GPU frequency 800 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 3 6
Shading units 768 768
Total shaders 1536 1536
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 6400 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 51.2 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP 1x 48MP
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, VP8, VP9, 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. 24
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 3500 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 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 December 2021 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1W10
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site A16 Bionic chip official site