Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 vs A20 Pro
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 (Adreno 829) 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 Gen 5
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A20 Pro
- Has a smaller size transistor (2 versus 3 nm)
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (115.2 against 76.8 GB/s)
- 30% higher CPU clock speed (4930 vs 3800 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~32%)
- Performs 16% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 12%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3434K vs 3057K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 905159 | 879839 |
| GPU | 1061006 | 1407166 |
| Memory | 388817 | 418755 |
| UX | 702233 | 728894 |
| Total score | 3057215 | 3434654 |
| Samples | [91 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 | 377.4 MB/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 221 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 268.2 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Image detection | 269.9 images/sec | - |
| HDR | 306 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Background blur | 35.9 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 87.9 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 12 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Samples | 20 tests | - |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 38 images/sec | - |
| Face detection | 18.7 images/sec | - |
| Horizon detection | 0.71 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Edge detection | 0.85 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Gaussian blur | 1.41 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Feature matching | 0.27 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Stereo matching | 79.6 Gpixels/sec | - |
| Particle physics | 3028.3 FPS | - |
| API | Vulkan | - |
| Samples | 10 tests | - |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1823 | 4263 |
| Graphics test | 14 FPS | - |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 9094 | 17850 |
| Graphics test | 35 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 40 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 35 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 29 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 9024 |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 18849 | - |
| Video editing score | 7194 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 15237 | - |
| Photo editing score | 40238 | - |
| Writing score | 25119 | - |
| Phones tested | Less than 3 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-29 (dpicugin) | AnTuTu 12 | 3071402 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Ketrox) | AnTuTu 12 | 2895140 |
| π 2026-09-28 (Macro_peek) | AnTuTu 12 | 3189922 |
| π 2026-09-27 (Sam) | AnTuTu 12 | 3267778 |
| π 2026-09-26 (johnny) | AnTuTu 12 | 3101545 |
Apple A20 Pro
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 CPU | 4707 / 12705 |
| π 2026-09-25 -> Libero | Geekbench 6 GPU | 65077 |
| π 2026-09-24 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 3659652 |
| π 2026-09-20 (ThΓ©o's) | AnTuTu 11 | 3428810 |
| π 2026-09-12 (hiya) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 64915 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 and A20 ProCPU
| Architecture | 2x 3.8 GHz β Oryon Prime 6x 3.32 GHz β Oryon Performance |
2x 4.93 GHz β 4x 2.64 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3800 MHz | 4930 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.4-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 6 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 2 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 829 | Apple A20 Pro GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1225 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 7 |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 896 |
| FLOPS | 2508.8 Gigaflops | 2903 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Apple Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4800 MHz | 4800 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 3x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 76.8 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 | November 2025 | September 2026 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8845 | APL1Y01 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 official site | - |
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