Snapdragon 865 vs A14 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650) with the newer 6-core Apple A14 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 865
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 25% higher memory bandwidth (42.7 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Announced 10-months later
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (3100 vs 2840 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 11%) AnTuTu 9 score – 716K vs 645K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 179581 | 185695 |
| GPU | 217033 | 285023 |
| Memory | 117282 | 118389 |
| UX | 135531 | 131689 |
| Total score | 645169 | 716200 |
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 | 164.1 Mpixels/s | 174.85 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 26.1 images/s | 33.7 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 49.6 words/s | 95.65 words/s |
| Machine learning | 50 images/s | 95.8 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 29.5 images/s | 38.45 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 3.25 Mnodes/s | 4.59 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 880 Krows/s | 1060 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 77% |
| Graphics test | 25 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Score | 4176 | 7612 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 61 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Device | Xiaomi Mi 10 Pro 1080 x 2340 |
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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 865 and A14 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2840 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | - |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.3 billion | 11.8 billion |
| TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | - |
| GPU frequency | 587 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 512 | - |
| FLOPS | 1228 Gigaflops | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | - |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 42.7 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2732 x 2048 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP | - |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, 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 | X55 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
| Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | December 2019 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8250-AB | APL1W01 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site | - |
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