Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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Compared 2 processors: Apple A17 Pro, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonBenchmarks
| CPU | 390106 | 381423 |
| GPU | 534149 | 509135 |
| Memory | 274926 | 338352 |
| UX | 336927 | 252757 |
| NanoReview Score | 1536108 | 1481667 |
| Graphics Test | 59 fps | 67 fps |
| File Compression | 260.8 MB/s | 228.2 MB/s |
| HTML5 Browser | 169.6 pages/s | 163 pages/s |
| PDF Rendering | 178.5 MP/sec | 195.5 MP/sec |
| Background Blur | 27.9 frames/s | 18 frames/s |
| Photo Processing | 79.1 frames/s | 52.1 frames/s |
| Image Detection | 173.5 frames/s | 125.2 frames/s |
| HDR | 232.4 MP/sec | 176.4 MP/sec |
| Ray Tracing | 7.58 MP/sec | 5.98 MP/sec |
Processor
| Architecture | - 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest - 4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth |
- 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4 - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 - 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520 |
| Process | TSMC | TSMC |
| Cores count | 6 | 8 |
| Frequency | 3780 | 3000 |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.6-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | n/a |
| L2 cache | 16 MB | 1 MB |
| L3 Cache | n/a | 8 MB |
| Process tech. | 3 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistor count | 19 billion | n/a |
| Power (TDP) | 8 W | 7.5 W |
Graphics
| GPU Model | Apple A17 GPU | Adreno 735 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | Adreno 700 |
| GPU Frequency | 1398 MHz | 1100 MHz |
| Execution Units | 6 | 3 |
| Shader Units | 128 | 256 |
| Total shader | 768 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 2147.2 GFLOPS | 1689.6 GFLOPS |
| Vulkan | n/a | 1.3 |
| OpenCL | n/a | 2.0 |
| DirectX | n/a | 12.1 |
AI Acceleration
| Artificial Intelligence | Apple Neural Engine | Hexagon |
| GPU Frequency | 35 TOPS | n/a |
Memory
| Memory Type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5X |
| Memory Frequency | 3200 MHz | 4200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x16 bit | 4x16 bit |
| Bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 67.2 Gbit/s |
| Max RAM | 8 GB | 24 GB |
Multimedia
| Memory Type | NVMe | - UFS 3.1 - UFS 4.0 |
| Max. resolution | 1290x2796 pixels | 3840x2160 pixels |
| Camera | 1x48 pixels | 1x200 pixels |
| Video recording | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video quality | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - 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 | Snapdragon X70 | Snapdragon X70 5G |
| 4G Support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 22 |
| 5G Support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 7500 MB/s | Up to 6500 MB/s |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 MB/s | Up to 3500 MB/s |
| Wi-Fi version | 6 | 7 |
| Bluetooth version | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Navigation | - GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
- GPS - GLONASS - Beidou - Galileo - QZSS - NAVIC |
Other
| Announced | September, 2023 yr | March, 2024 yr |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Codename | APL1V02 | SM8635 |
Results
After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A17 Pro the clear winner in this comparison.
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