Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A17 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730) with the newer 6-core Apple A17 Pro (Apple A17 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
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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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Has 2 more cores
- Performs 17% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- Higher GPU frequency (~71%)
- Shows significantly better (up to 41%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1579K vs 1121K
- 26% higher CPU clock speed (3780 vs 3000 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 10-months later
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 319867 | 373446 |
| GPU | 405165 | 579682 |
| Memory | 166062 | 283791 |
| UX | 225624 | 341416 |
| Total score | 1121772 | 1579294 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 154.9 MB/sec | 260.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 112.7 pages/sec | 169.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 147.2 Mpixels/sec | 178.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 94 images/sec | 173.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 122 Mpixels/sec | 232.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 13.8 images/sec | 27.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 36.3 images/sec | 79.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.39 Mpixels/sec | 7.58 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 70% | - |
| Graphics test | 37 FPS | - |
| Score | 6287 | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 88 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 42 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Shadowgun Legends | 89 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 114 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 40 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Poco F4 GT 1080 x 2400 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A17 ProCPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2 3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510 |
2x 3.78 GHz – 4x 2.02 GHz – |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3000 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 19 billion |
| TDP | 5.3 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 730 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 818 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 6 |
| Shading units | 768 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 768 |
| FLOPS | 2512.8 Gigaflops | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| 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, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | - |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X65 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3670 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | December 2021 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8450 | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site | - |
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