Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs Apple A17 Pro
We’ve prepared an in-depth comparison between the newly launched Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and A17 Pro 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 -35.62% higher GPU clock speed than A17 Pro (900 vs 1398 MHz).
Pros of A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 18.12 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 3780 vs 3200 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 25.00 % smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 3 vs 4 nm).
- A17 Pro has 48.61 % better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 ( 1632 K vs 1098 K).
Benchmarks
Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.AnTuTu 10
| CPU | 243697 | 399992 |
| GPU | 478120 | 620081 |
| Memory | 191931 | 265579 |
| UX | 184166 | 346005 |
| Total score | 1097914 | 1631657 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 69% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 59 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Score | 9875 | 10002 |
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 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 2000MHz | 2020MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 3200MHz | 3780MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L2 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 19 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 900 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Pipelines | - | 6 |
| Shading units | - | 128 |
| Total shaders | - | 256 |
| FLOPS | - | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| 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 | 3200 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 | - |
| 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 | - |
Connectivity
| 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 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed 5G | - | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Upload speed 4G | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | May 2022 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site | A17 Pro official site |