Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A17 Pro and Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
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 A17 Pro
1536108
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
819661
CPU390106237856
GPU534149281535
Memory274926125373
UX336927174897
NanoReview Score1536108819661
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A17 Pro
10006
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
4334
Stabilityn/a90 %
Graphics Test59 fps25 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
2953
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
1141
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A17 Pro
7441
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
3317
File Compression260.8 MB/s148.4 MB/s
HTML5 Browser169.6 pages/s85.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering178.5 MP/sec113.5 MP/sec
Background Blur27.9 frames/s10.8 frames/s
Photo Processing79.1 frames/s28.3 frames/s
Image Detection173.5 frames/s72.7 frames/s
HDR232.4 MP/sec102.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing7.58 MP/sec4.18 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 88 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 27 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 102 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 107 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 49 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Xiaomi Black Shark 4 (1080x2400)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
- 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
- 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
- 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 3780 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.6-A ARMv8.2-A
L1 cache 256 KB 512 KB
L2 cache 16 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 4 MB
Process tech. 3 nm 7 nm
Transistor count 19 billion 10.3 billion
Power (TDP) 8 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A17 GPU Adreno 650
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 600
GPU Frequency 1398 MHz 670 MHz
Execution Units 6 3
Shader Units 128 256
Total shader 768 768
FLOPS 2147.2 GFLOPS 1029.1 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.1
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 698
GPU Frequency 35 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2750 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 44 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 16 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 3.0
- UFS 3.1
Max. resolution 1290x2796 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera 1x48 pixels 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- 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 Snapdragon X70 X55
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 22
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 7500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3500 MB/s Up to 3000 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.2
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2023 yr January, 2021 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename APL1V02 SM8250-AC

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A17 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.

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