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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A14 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
A14 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
A14 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730) with the older 6-core Apple A14 Bionic (Apple A14 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (9)

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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Performs 2.6x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~56%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
A14 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1294871
A14 Bionic +2%
1326975
CPU 490530 364692
GPU 202615 311592
Memory 221583 180518
UX 380143 470169
Total score 1294871 1326975
Samples [90 tests] [55 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 151.4 MB/sec 182.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.2 pages/sec 110.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.3 Mpixels/sec 123.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 88.5 images/sec 104.9 images/sec
HDR 119.9 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 19.1 images/sec
Photo processing 38.4 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.49 Mpixels/sec 5.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 54 tests 22 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
5692
A14 Bionic +196%
16822
Background blur 9.81 images/sec 27.6 images/sec
Face detection 4.42 images/sec 35.2 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 0.83 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 50.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1079.5 FPS 1772.1 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 30 tests 17 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 729 -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 2767
Stability - 85%
Graphics test - 11 FPS
Section 1 - 13 FPS
Section 2 - 10 FPS
Section 3 - 8 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2255 2229
Stability 63% 86%
Graphics test 13 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13237 -
Video editing score 7311 -
Data manipulation score 10976 -
Photo editing score 27827 -
Writing score 15631 -
Phones tested 16 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 40 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11)AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Cisfan)AnTuTu 121342308
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-22 -> Vidor312AnTuTu 121279540
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-20 (Wan)Geekbench 6 CPU1653 / 4280
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Apple A14 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Stelle)AnTuTu 111288870
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Kirious)AnTuTu 111251875
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-30 (Kirious)AnTuTu 111251875
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Kirillkryt)AnTuTu 111284629
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-29 (Ad_545)AnTuTu 111216748
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A14 Bionic

CPU

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
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3000 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 11.8 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.3 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 818 MHz 1278 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 512 64
Total shaders 1024 256
FLOPS 1675.3 Gigaflops 654.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 11 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 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 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1W01
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro

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Comments

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RM Gamer September 5, 2024 at 03:33 AM
Looking at these benchmark comparison between the A15 and SD8gen1, wow, my wife's iPhone 12 smoked my RedMagic 7 lol but I think, one category that SD8Gen1 excels is in its GPU, which shows a bit powerful than the A14 here.
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lorenzo fraticelli January 1, 2024 at 09:46 AM
In my opinion, the A14 is better than the Snapdragon Gen 1. If MetalFX software was implemented on the A14, it would definitely be the winner for me.
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Dino April 13, 2023 at 04:01 PM
I think that it all depends on your use so choose the phone by your usage for example on PUBG mobile the 8 gen 1 averages around 88 fps while the A14 averages 60 fps stable and these are at ultra settings but if were talking about multi tasking and single core tasking A14 takes the win but gets beaten because the 8 gen 1 supports more memory ram.
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cristiano ronaldo March 16, 2022 at 11:50 AM
It really surprises me that the Snapdragon gen One is weaker than the a14 and is on par with the a13.
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Nabil June 6, 2022 at 05:14 PM
It is not weaker than a14. Its peak performance is higher than a14. In short, it is more capable than a14. But horribly unstable.
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Zeky July 27, 2022 at 07:51 AM
The fact that a processor from apple from 2020 has a faster CPU than a processor from 2022 is actually insane, the amount of development that takes to be one year ahead of your competition, is impressive to say the least.
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Z3NXY August 9, 2022 at 12:53 AM
Zeky, Nah, it's just because IOS is a closed OS and android is a highly customizable OS, so CPU has to spend some power to run that customization, imagine snap8 gen1 running on IOS, it will overkill A14.
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systemBuilder September 8, 2022 at 10:08 AM
Zeky, Apple used to be farther ahead, but Qualcomm is gaining on Apple. Qualcomm really isn't a computer company they see themselves as a modem & cellular network design company. CPU and Software are a distant 3rd at Qualcomm. When recession comes they are likely to cut the CPU design budget in half because they just don't care all that much about it, they will buy whatever turd is being sold by ARM that year...
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Praise September 11, 2022 at 11:04 PM
Z3NXY, Yes sure , your really correct I agree with you on that one
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