Snapdragon 865 vs A14 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650) with the newer 6-core Apple A14 Bionic (Apple A14 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
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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 865
- Performs 84% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.2x)
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Shows significantly better (up to 44%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1073K vs 743K
- Announced 10-months later
- 9% higher CPU clock speed (3100 vs 2840 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
CPU | 232044 | 264493 |
GPU | 198128 | 320681 |
Memory | 130839 | 180637 |
UX | 182486 | 297879 |
Total score | 743719 | 1073536 |
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 | 150.9 MB/sec | 167 MB/sec |
HTML 5 Browser | 84.1 pages/sec | 105.5 pages/sec |
PDF Renderer | 109.4 Mpixels/sec | 116.4 Mpixels/sec |
Image detection | 74.7 images/sec | 95.7 images/sec |
HDR | 102.4 Mpixels/sec | 147.6 Mpixels/sec |
Background blur | 10.4 images/sec | 17.6 images/sec |
Photo processing | 32.6 images/sec | 51.5 images/sec |
Ray tracing | 4.19 Mpixels/sec | 5.18 Mpixels/sec |
Compute Score (GPU)
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 99% | 77% |
Graphics test | 26 FPS | 45 FPS |
Score | 4402 | 7603 |
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 | 512 KB | 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 | 5 W | 6 W |
Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple A14 GPU |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple GPU |
GPU frequency | 587 MHz | 1278 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 4 |
Shading units | 512 | 64 |
Total shaders | 1024 | 256 |
FLOPS | 1202.1 Gigaflops | 654.3 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | 2133 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 44 Gbit/s | 34.1 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 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS | 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. 22 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 2500 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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