Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A17 Pro
We have compiled a detailed comparison of the recently introduced
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A17 Pro
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
Pros of A17 Pro
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
399992
GPU
448381
620081
Memory
172528
265579
UX
166045
346005
Total score
1036722
1631657
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%
79%
Graphics test
54 FPS
60 FPS
Score
9041
10002
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
2x 3.78 GHz
Cores
8
6
Base Frequency
1800MHz
2020MHz
Turbo Frequency
3000MHz
3780MHz
Instruction set
ARMv9-A
ARMv9-A
L2 cache
-
256 KB
L2 cache
1 MB
16 MB
L3 cache
4 MB
-
Process
4 nanometers
3 nanometers
Transistor count
-
19 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit)
-
8 W
GPU name
Adreno 730
Apple A17 GPU
Architecture
Adreno 700
Apple GPU
GPU frequency
800 MHz
1398 MHz
Pipelines
3
6
Shading units
768
128
Total shaders
1536
256
FLOPS
-
2147.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2
-
DirectX version
12
-
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Neural Engine
Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
-
-
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Max size
24 GB
8 GB
Storage type
UFS 3.1
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
-
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, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
-
Modem
Snapdragon X65
-
4G support
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
