Snapdragon 765G vs A14 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G (Adreno 620) with the newer 6-core Apple A14 Bionic (Apple GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
  • Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 17 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 88%) AnTuTu 9 score – 717K vs 380K
  • Performs 73% better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
  • 29% higher CPU clock speed (3100 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Announced 10-months later
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A14 Bionic +88%
717091
CPU 112658 196691
GPU 105641 272532
Memory 71311 120512
UX 93393 131640
Total score 380567 717091
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.

GeekBench 5

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A14 Bionic +171%
1583
Multi-Core Score
A14 Bionic +128%
4077
Image compression 91.3 Mpixels/s 171.5 Mpixels/s
Face detection 11.9 images/s 33.6 images/s
Speech recognition 30.5 words/s 94.8 words/s
Machine learning 30.8 images/s 93.1 images/s
Camera shooting 13.6 images/s 38.7 images/s
HTML 5 1.24 Mnodes/s 4.5 Mnodes/s
SQLite 517.8 Krows/s 1060 Krows/s

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
A14 Bionic +357%
7609
Stability 99% 77%
Graphics test 9 FPS 45 FPS
Score 1666 7609

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 57 FPS
[High]
-
Call of Duty: Mobile 38 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Fortnite 29 FPS
[Medium]
-
Shadowgun Legends 67 FPS
[Low]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 55 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G
1080 x 2400
-
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 765G and A14 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.4 GHz – Kryo 475 Prime (Cortex-A76)
1x 2.2 GHz – Kryo 475 Gold (Cortex-A76)
6x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 475 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2400 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.3-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
Process 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 11.8 billion
TDP 5 W 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 620 Apple GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 -
GPU frequency 750 MHz -
Execution units 3 4
Shading units 192 -
FLOPS 576 Gigaflops 998 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12 -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max size 12 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 696 Neural Engine
Storage type eMMC 5.1, UFS 3.0 NVMe
Max display resolution 3200 x 1800 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

Modem X52 -
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 3700 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2019 September 2020
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7250-AB APL1W01
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 765G official site -

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