Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3 and Apple A14 Bionic
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
453329
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU147463310050
GPU87617323143
Memory92706173777
UX125543288345
NanoReview Score4533291095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
n/a
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Testn/a45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
940
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6s Gen 3
2115
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression107 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser56.7 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering82.5 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur5.26 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing22.3 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection42.4 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR66.7 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.88 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A78
- 6x 2 GHz – Cortex-A55
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2300 3100
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 4 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 619 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 900 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 256 256
FLOPS 460.8 GFLOPS 654.3 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 12 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X51 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 2500 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 1500 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced June, 2024 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Mid-range Flagship
Codename SM6375-AC APL1W01

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A14 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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