Snapdragon 820 vs A10 Fusion
We compared two 4-core processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (with Adreno 530 graphics) and Apple A10 Fusion (PowerVR GT7600). 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 820
- Supports 100% higher memory bandwidth (29.8 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Has a smaller size transistor (14 versus 16 nm)
Pros of Apple A10 Fusion
- Shows significantly better (up to 55%) AnTuTu 11 score β 516K vs 333K
- Higher GPU frequency (~27%)
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (2340 vs 2150 MHz)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 131994 | 202669 |
| GPU | 36166 | 63274 |
| Memory | 63256 | 84317 |
| UX | 102461 | 166721 |
| Total score | 333877 | 516981 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 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 | 28.8 MB/sec | 57.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 19.7 pages/sec | 38.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 28 Mpixels/sec | 44.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 6.36 images/sec | 14.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 25.9 Mpixels/sec | 56.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.39 images/sec | 4.38 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 6.33 images/sec | 13.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 789.4 Mpixels/sec | 1.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.58 images/sec | 11 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.86 images/sec | 9.32 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.09 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 4.09 Gpixels/sec | 10.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 81.6 FPS | 415.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | - | 2 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | - | 693 |
| Stability | - | 85% |
| Graphics test | - | 4 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 4378 | - |
| Video editing score | 5152 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 4144 | - |
| Photo editing score | 11831 | - |
| Writing score | 5024 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2024-01-05 (Saber) | GeekBench CPU | 356 / 615 |
Apple A10 Fusion
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2025-08-15 (hellz1) | GeekBench GPU | 4352 |
| π 2024-02-21 (Cap1bara_tech) | GeekBench CPU | 882 / 1484 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 820 and A10 FusionCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.15 GHz β Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz β Kryo |
2x 2.34 GHz β Hurricane 2x 1.05 GHz β Zephyr |
| Cores | 4 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2150 MHz | 2340 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 3.3 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 11 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 530 | PowerVR GT7600 |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) |
| GPU frequency | 510 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 6 |
| Shading units | 256 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 261.1 Gigaflops | 249.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| DirectX version | 11 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | No |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 14.9 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2048 x 1536 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 30FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- H.264 - H.265 - VC-1 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X12 | Qualcomm MDM9645M |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | November 2015 | September 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8996 | APL1W24 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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