Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs A16 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 (Adreno 740) with the older 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 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/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
- Performs 95% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (64 against 51.2 GB/s)
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1504K vs 1451K
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.1x)
- 8% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3200 MHz)
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
CPU | 387844 | 365046 |
GPU | 587109 | 460373 |
Memory | 275831 | 217105 |
UX | 252948 | 397949 |
Total score | 1504755 | 1451915 |
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 | 210 MB/sec | 236.7 MB/sec |
HTML 5 Browser | 153.9 pages/sec | 156.7 pages/sec |
PDF Renderer | 153.3 Mpixels/sec | 162.1 Mpixels/sec |
Image detection | 128.6 images/sec | 155.8 images/sec |
HDR | 159.7 Mpixels/sec | 207.5 Mpixels/sec |
Background blur | 17.1 images/sec | 26.5 images/sec |
Photo processing | 51.9 images/sec | 77.6 images/sec |
Ray tracing | 5.92 Mpixels/sec | 6.85 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 90% | 82% |
Graphics test | 73 FPS | 58 FPS |
Score | 12344 | 9851 |
Gaming
PUBG Mobile | 90 FPS [Ultra] |
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Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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Fortnite | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
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Shadowgun Legends | 118 FPS [Ultra] |
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World of Tanks Blitz | 120 FPS [Ultra] |
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Genshin Impact | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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Device | ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro 1116 x 2480 |
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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 2 and A16 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 3.46 GHz – Everest 4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Frequency | 3200 MHz | 3460 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv9-A |
L1 cache | - | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
Process | 4 nanometers | 4 nanometers |
Transistor count | - | 16 billion |
TDP | 6.3 W | 8 W |
Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 740 | Apple A16 GPU |
Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple GPU |
GPU frequency | 680 MHz | 1398 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 5 |
Shading units | 1280 | 128 |
Total shaders | 2560 | 640 |
FLOPS | 3481.6 Gigaflops | 1789.4 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5 |
Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 64 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2796 x 1290 |
Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 48MP |
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 10000 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 7 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.3 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced | November 2022 | September 2022 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8550-AB | APL1W10 |
Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 official site | - |
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 3681 GFLOPS for the GPU. Generally, you won't notice this difference in real-life usage, including games.
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