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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs A14 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
VS
A14 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
A14 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) 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 (11)

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 2
  • Performs 3.2x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 97% higher memory bandwidth (67.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 32%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1757K vs 1326K
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~88%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
vs
A14 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 +32%
1757044
A14 Bionic
1326975
CPU 553922 364692
GPU 434880 311592
Memory 311861 180518
UX 456381 470169
Total score 1757044 1326975
Samples [238 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 218.9 MB/sec 182.6 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 145.2 pages/sec 110.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 168.3 Mpixels/sec 123.2 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 133 images/sec 104.9 images/sec
HDR 167.2 Mpixels/sec 164.1 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 18.8 images/sec 19.1 images/sec
Photo processing 34.5 images/sec 50.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 5.78 Mpixels/sec 5.36 Mpixels/sec
Samples 132 tests 22 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
9254
A14 Bionic +82%
16822
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 27.6 images/sec
Face detection 5.1 images/sec 35.2 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.53 Gpixels/sec 0.54 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.56 Gpixels/sec 0.79 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.83 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.24 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 32.6 Gpixels/sec 50.5 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 2177.4 FPS 1772.1 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 66 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 1092 -
Stability 67% -
Graphics test 8 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score 5312 2767
Stability 67% 85%
Graphics test 20 FPS 11 FPS
Section 1 23 FPS 13 FPS
Section 2 20 FPS 10 FPS
Section 3 17 FPS 8 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 3667 2229
Stability 45% 86%
Graphics test 21 FPS 13 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13957 -
Video editing score 7265 -
Data manipulation score 14272 -
Photo editing score 32179 -
Writing score 17828 -
Phones tested 9 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 90 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 118 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro
1116 x 2480		 -
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 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 -> Saad_irqAnTuTu 121959121
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> sento raitoAnTuTu 122035354
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (bySK1LL)AnTuTu 121974839
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Babababi)AnTuTu 121953931
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 -> RennsportCPU Throttle80%
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Apple A14 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-26 (kudryash)AnTuTu 111196958
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
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A14 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715
2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710
3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3200 MHz 3100 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count 16 billion 11.8 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8.5 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 740 Apple A14 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 680 MHz 1278 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 512 64
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 654.3 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 67.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X70 -
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 3500 Mbps Up to 2500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced November 2022 September 2020
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB APL1W01
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 2:
    - There's also the "Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy," which only differs by having a 160 MHz higher CPU clock and a 39 MHz higher GPU clock, resulting in 2208.8 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.

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Comments

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ryo August 14, 2024 at 05:32 AM
as for my experience, i have an iPhone 12 and Galaxy S23, i can say that the A14 Bionic can handle games much better than Snapdragon (genshin etc.) while the iPhone also throttles and the fps dropped but it tried to bring the fps back up (45-60) while on samsung, yeah its was smooth at first (60fps stable) but after 15-20mins of playing, it starting to lagged and the fps dropped to 40 and it stays there never get back up
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sigmafxyt March 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
And that's heating issue throttling both. It's better with a cooler on both chips.
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saurav patwal October 26, 2025 at 03:23 AM
bro s23 and i phone 12 both are compat phone and s23 is not made for gaming purpose snap 8 gen 2 is definatly better than a14 in terms of gpu and multicore and its overall better than a14 for sure. compare i phone 12 pro max or iqoo 12 then see difference . i hope its help u
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Matt OD September 11, 2023 at 12:24 PM
The competition is just going to swing back and forth. Wait until the iPhone A15 ProSuperUltra Max, they will again take the lead. Until the Snapdragon Gen 3 Type-A Turbo Boost Charger.
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Randy chan February 23, 2023 at 10:28 PM
Although the Qualcomm snapdragon 8 gen 2 has higher specs(thanks to it being 26 months newer) than Apple's in-house made A14 bionic chipset powering the iphone 12, those comparisons don't tell the whole story of which phone will perform better in real-world usages. That's because the phone powered by the 8 gen 2 is android based while the iphone 12 powered by A14 bionic is ios based. For more than 5 years now, iphones have proven to have superior software-hardware efficiency optimization thanks to their in-house made ios OS vs android OS-based phones.
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AstralDice September 5, 2023 at 01:28 PM
It shouldn't come to a surprise that Apple's CPUs run better on iOS than Qualcomm's CPUs running on Android OS. Apple has its own OS, resulting in Apple being able to optimize its OS down to hell. Qualcomm is running on Android which is highly customizable. At the same time, Android OS needs to be customizable to fit to any phone not designed by Apple. If take the raw performance and somehow manage to eliminate the factor of operating systems, Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 would be superior in this test.
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Ehsan January 7, 2023 at 10:08 PM
How did apple manage to achieve this huge of a single core score that long before?!
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guest January 6, 2023 at 08:36 PM
how the hell does the a14 has a higher single core score than the brand new 8 gen 2?
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Him January 10, 2023 at 10:11 PM
Most likely OS optimisation. But then again apple prioritises cpu over gpu
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Boris February 2, 2023 at 06:35 AM
Design and architecture. Also cache. :) Others will always chase Apple's SoC.
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Randy chan February 23, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Him, You're absolutely right about that, OS optimization is the key, and Apple's in-house closed ecosystem of making both their hardware (A14 bionic in this case) and their software ios OS gives them superior hardware-software optimization compared to android based phones.
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