Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple A14 Bionic, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU310050367514
GPU323143596874
Memory173777300073
UX288345297159
NanoReview Score10953151561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability69 %n/a
Graphics Test45 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression167 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser105.5 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering116.4 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur17.6 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing51.5 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection95.7 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR147.6 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing5.18 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3100 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.5-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 11.8 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A14 GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1278 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 64 512
Total shader 256 1536
FLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU Frequency 11 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 6 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2732x2048 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2020 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1W01 SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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