Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) with the older 6-core Apple A15 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
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Shows significantly better (up to 55%) AnTuTu 9 score – 1239K vs 798K
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 5 nm)
- Announced 1-year and 2-months later
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 264139 | 208246 |
| GPU | 548684 | 322246 |
| Memory | 227638 | 131426 |
| UX | 193923 | 135941 |
| Total score | 1239545 | 798942 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 251.3 Mpixels/s | 224.8 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 46.2 images/s | 43.1 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 122.9 words/s | 136.1 words/s |
| Machine learning | 114.1 images/s | 104.9 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 51.7 images/s | 49.3 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 5.81 Mnodes/s | 5.64 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 1510 Krows/s | 1270 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 86% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 79 FPS | 52 FPS |
| Score | 13243 | 8739 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A15 BionicCPU
| 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 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3240 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 32 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 740 | Apple GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | - |
| GPU frequency | - | 1200 MHz |
| Execution units | - | 5 |
| Shading units | - | 640 |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 8400 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | - | 42.7 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Neural Engine |
| 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, VP8, VP9, 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 | Snapdragon X70 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced | November 2022 | September 2021 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8550-AB | APL1W07 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | - |
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