Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs A20 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (Adreno 830) with the newer 6-core Apple A20 Pro (Apple A20 Pro 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 Elite (Gen 4)
- Has 2 more cores
- Performs 16% better in floating-point computations
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
- Supports 36% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 84.8 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 4320 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 10%) AnTuTu 11 score โ 3434K vs 3126K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 893474 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1133808 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 427210 | 418755 |
| UX | 671910 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3126402 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [541 tests] | Less than 3 |
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 | 367.8 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 223.5 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 257 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 234.4 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 315.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 32.7 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 90.6 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 12.4 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 148 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 45.3 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 21.6 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.73 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.91 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 1.75 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.33 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 96.8 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 3848 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 100 tests | - |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2386 | 4263 |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 10874 | 17850 |
| Graphics test | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 47 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 41 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 35 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 5664 | 9024 |
| Stability | 51% | - |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 21945 | - |
| Video editing score | 8458 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 16086 | - |
| Photo editing score | 39118 | - |
| Writing score | 22647 | - |
| Phones tested | 36 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-22 (Keremss) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 3032 / 9438 |
| ๐ 2026-09-20 (Kain Le Main) | AnTuTu 12 | 3251600 |
| ๐ 2026-09-20 (QRELS) | AnTuTu 11 | 3343421 |
| ๐ 2026-09-19 (Nettzy) | AnTuTu 12 | 3489328 |
| ๐ 2026-09-18 (Amin7r) | AnTuTu 12 | 3254498 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-09-20 (Thรฉo's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| ๐ 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.32 GHz โ Oryon (Phoenix L) 6x 3.53 GHz โ Oryon (Phoenix M) |
2x 4.93 GHz โ 4x 2.64 GHz โ |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4320 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 830 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1100 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 7 |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 3379.2 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 115.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 3x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - 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 X80 | Apple C2 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 10000 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | October 2024 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8750-AB | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - |
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4):
- The SM8750-AC model has a higher frequencyโ4,470 MHz for performance cores versus 4,320 MHz in the SM8750-AB and SM8750-3-AB modelsโand its GPU is 100 MHz faster.
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