Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Apple A14 Bionic
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and A14 Bionic SoCs, developed by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of these 8-core and 6-core processors based on Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmark scores alongside their technical specifications.
Review
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
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 3.23% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 3100 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (4 vs 5 nm).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has 46.21 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1098 K vs 751 K).
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.
- Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 supports 50.15 % higher memory bandwidth than A14 Bionic ( 51.2 vs 34.1 MHz).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 243697 | 203493 |
| GPU | 478120 | 284242 |
| Memory | 191931 | 131989 |
| UX | 184166 | 131211 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 750935 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 69% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 50 FPS |
| Score | 9875 | 8375 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 1800MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3100MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L2 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 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 | 900 MHz | - |
| Pipelines | - | 4 |
| Shading units | - | - |
| Total shaders | - | - |
| 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 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | - | Up to 2500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | May 2022 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W01 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | A14 Bionic official site |