Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A19 Pro

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs Apple A19 Pro. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Apple A19 Pro
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 8s Gen 4
2082208
Apple A19 Pro
2112459
CPU475806510033
GPU881311791934
Memory390065367847
UX335026442645
NanoReview Score20822082112459
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Apple A19 Pro
3671
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
Apple A19 Pro
10834
File Compression293.2 MB/sn/a
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/sn/a
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/secn/a
Background Blur24.1 frames/sn/a
Photo Processing63.9 frames/sn/a
Image Detection154.6 frames/sn/a
HDR217.4 MP/secn/a
Ray Tracing8.01 MP/secn/a

Processor

Architecture - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 4.38 GHz -
- 4x 2.51 GHz -
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3210 4380
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache 6 MB n/a
Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 825 n/a
Architecture Adreno 800 n/a
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz n/a
Execution Units 2 n/a
Shader Units 512 n/a
Total shader 1024 n/a
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS n/a
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon Neural Engine

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 4800 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s n/a
Max RAM 24 GB 12 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels n/a
Camera 1x320 pixels 1x48 pixels
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 24
5G Support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s n/a
Wi-Fi version 7 7
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.4
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr September, 2025 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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