Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A14 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, vs Apple A14 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 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 8 Gen 1
1169574
Apple A14 Bionic
1095315
CPU315665310050
GPU426818323143
Memory192834173777
UX234257288345
NanoReview Score11695741095315
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
6718
Apple A14 Bionic
7655
Stabilityn/a69 %
Graphics Test40 fps45 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1661
Apple A14 Bionic
2079
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4002
Apple A14 Bionic
4779
File Compression154.9 MB/s167 MB/s
HTML5 Browser112.7 pages/s105.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering147.2 MP/sec116.4 MP/sec
Background Blur13.8 frames/s17.6 frames/s
Photo Processing36.3 frames/s51.5 frames/s
Image Detection94 frames/s95.7 frames/s
HDR122 MP/sec147.6 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.39 MP/sec5.18 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 88 FPS (Ultra) n/a
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) n/a
FortniteFortnite 42 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends 89 FPS (Ultra) n/a
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 40 FPS (Ultra) n/a
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT (1080x2400) n/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
- 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
- 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
- 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Process Samsung TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3000 3100
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 Cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor count n/a 11.8 billion
Power (TDP) 5.3 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 730 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 818 MHz 1278 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 1675.3 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 LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2732x2048 pixels
Camera 1x200 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- 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 X65 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 MB/s Up to 7500 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 3670 MB/s Up to 2500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 6
Bluetooth version 5.3 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced December, 2021 yr September, 2020 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8450 APL1W01

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