Snapdragon 888 Plus vs A14 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus (Adreno 660) with the older 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.
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 888 Plus
- Performs 2x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~52%)
- Shows better (up to 10%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1326K vs 1208K
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 427402 | 364692 |
| GPU | 237850 | 311592 |
| Memory | 183144 | 180518 |
| UX | 360388 | 470169 |
| Total score | 1208784 | 1326975 |
| Samples | [5 tests] | [55 tests] |
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 | 168.9 MB/sec | 182.6 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 108.6 pages/sec | 110.6 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 136.9 Mpixels/sec | 123.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 89.6 images/sec | 104.9 images/sec |
| HDR | 124 Mpixels/sec | 164.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14.4 images/sec | 19.1 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 34.3 images/sec | 50.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.61 Mpixels/sec | 5.36 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 3 tests | 22 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 11.3 images/sec | 27.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 5.76 images/sec | 35.2 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.34 Gpixels/sec | 0.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.46 Gpixels/sec | 0.79 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.38 Gpixels/sec | 0.83 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.08 Gpixels/sec | 0.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 6.49 Gpixels/sec | 50.5 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 552.5 FPS | 1772.1 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 2 tests | 17 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 2767 |
| Stability | - | 85% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 13 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 8 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 1252 | 2229 |
| Stability | 97% | 86% |
| Graphics test | 7 FPS | 13 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 10869 | - |
| Video editing score | 7477 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 10013 | - |
| Photo editing score | 27933 | - |
| Writing score | 14232 | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-01-22 (kukuhatop2281337) | AnTuTu | 1208784 |
| π 2025-12-15 (Lucas) | AnTuTu | 1200817 |
| π 2025-12-08 (WrongButton) | AnTuTu | 1156304 |
| π 2025-09-18 (edge30fusionhype) | AnTuTu | 1235608 |
| π 2024-05-04 (Marcel Pipek) | GeekBench GPU | 5117 |
Apple A14 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-08-04 (Stelle) | AnTuTu | 1288870 |
| π 2026-06-30 (Kirious) | AnTuTu | 1251875 |
| π 2026-06-30 (Kirious) | AnTuTu | 1251875 |
| π 2026-06-29 (Kirillkryt) | AnTuTu | 1284629 |
| π 2026-06-29 (Ad_545) | AnTuTu | 1216748 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 888 Plus and A14 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.995 GHz β Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz β Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.1 GHz β Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz β Icestorm |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2995 MHz | 3100 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8.5-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nanometers | 5 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.3 billion | 11.8 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Apple A14 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 840 MHz | 1278 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1290.2 Gigaflops | 654.3 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 11 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 6 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| 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 - 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 | X60 | - |
| 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 | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | June 2021 | September 2020 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350-AC | APL1W01 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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