Snapdragon 888 vs A15 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 (Adreno 660) with the newer 6-core Apple A15 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 888
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 20% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 42.7 GB/s)
Pros of Apple A15 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~43%)
- Announced 10-months later
- 14% higher CPU clock speed (3240 vs 2840 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 211249 | 208246 |
GPU | 304417 | 322246 |
Memory | 139986 | 131426 |
UX | 152836 | 135941 |
Total score | 800743 | 797558 |
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 | 177.1 Mpixels/s | 224.8 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 26.5 images/s | 43.1 images/s |
Speech recognition | 67.7 words/s | 136.1 words/s |
Machine learning | 59.9 images/s | 104.9 images/s |
Camera shooting | 37.5 images/s | 49.3 images/s |
HTML 5 | 3.96 Mnodes/s | 5.64 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 1060 Krows/s | 1270 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 91% | 79% |
Graphics test | 30 FPS | 52 FPS |
Score | 5119 | 8739 |
Gaming
PUBG Mobile | 83 FPS [Ultra] |
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Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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Fortnite | 26 FPS [Ultra] |
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Shadowgun Legends | 89 FPS [Ultra] |
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World of Tanks Blitz | 112 FPS [Ultra] |
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Genshin Impact | 58 FPS [Ultra] |
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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Device | Asus Zenfone 8 1080 x 2400 |
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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 888 and A15 BionicCPU
Architecture | 1x 2.84 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.24 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Frequency | 2840 MHz | 3240 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.5-A |
L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 32 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
Transistor count | - | 15 billion |
TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 660 | Apple GPU |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | - |
GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 1200 MHz |
Execution units | 2 | 5 |
Shading units | 512 | 640 |
FLOPS | 1720 Gigaflops | - |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | - |
Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 42.7 Gbit/s |
Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | 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 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, 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 | X60 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 24 |
5G support | Yes | Yes |
Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | - |
Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | - |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
Announced | December 2020 | September 2021 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8350 | APL1W07 |
Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 official site | - |
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