Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A19
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 (Adreno 735) with the newer 6-core Apple A19 (Apple A19 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 8s Gen 3
- Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A19
- Higher GPU frequency (~47%)
- 42% higher CPU clock speed (4260 vs 3000 MHz)
- Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
- Performs 23% better in floating-point computations
- Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 11 score β 2156K vs 1797K
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 556525 | 598735 |
| GPU | 503679 | 803562 |
| Memory | 307418 | 200566 |
| UX | 430199 | 553263 |
| Total score | 1797821 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [287 tests] | [23 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 | 219.8 MB/sec | 313.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 156.3 pages/sec | 220.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 167.8 Mpixels/sec | 210.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 113.3 images/sec | 305.8 images/sec |
| HDR | 142.1 Mpixels/sec | 311.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 16.9 images/sec | 39.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 51.2 images/sec | 102.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 6.15 Mpixels/sec | 9.89 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 64 tests | 9 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 13.6 images/sec | 79.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 6.39 images/sec | 90.4 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.47 Gpixels/sec | 1.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.55 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.54 Gpixels/sec | 3.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.11 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 26.2 Gpixels/sec | 90.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1701.5 FPS | 3104.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 40 tests | 10 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 1033 | 2147 |
| Stability | 90% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 8 FPS | 16 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 4992 | 9465 |
| Graphics test | 19 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | 22 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | 19 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | 16 FPS | 31 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 3116 | - |
| Stability | 82% | - |
| Graphics test | 18 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 14506 | - |
| Video editing score | 7662 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 15136 | - |
| Photo editing score | 27100 | - |
| Writing score | 19378 | - |
| Phones tested | 14 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | CPU Throttle | 92% |
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1952 / 5317 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> Rox9ne9 | AnTuTu 11 | 1950942 |
| π 2026-09-18 (Rox9ne9) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1960 / 5182 |
| π 2026-09-17 (Jikorei Miruko) | AnTuTu 12 | 1988803 |
Apple A19
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep) | AnTuTu 11 | 1837059 |
| π 2026-09-14 (kpvas) | AnTuTu 11 | 2134388 |
| π 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2243285 |
| π 2026-08-07 (Aarav) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776737 |
| π 2026-08-06 (yuki) | AnTuTu 11 | 2352837 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 and Apple A19CPU
| Architecture | 1x 3 GHz β Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz β Cortex-A720 3x 2 GHz β Cortex-A520 |
2x 4.26 GHz β 4x 2.6 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 3000 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 7.5 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 735 | Apple A19 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1100 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 5 |
| Shading units | 256 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 768 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 1689.6 Gigaflops | 2073.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.3 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 4200 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 67.2 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 - 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 | Snapdragon X70 5G | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 6500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3500 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 5.4 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | March 2024 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8635 | APL1V13 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 | - |
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