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Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 vs A16 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
VS
A16 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
A16 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 (Adreno 730) with the newer 6-core Apple A16 Bionic (Apple A16 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (30)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A16 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~55%)
  • 8% higher CPU clock speed (3460 vs 3200 MHz)
  • Shows better (up to 14%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1626K vs 1420K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
vs
A16 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1420808
A16 Bionic +14%
1626008
CPU 537485 432740
GPU 241551 490354
Memory 254727 216774
UX 387045 486140
Total score 1420808 1626008
Samples [116 tests] [36 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 190.8 MB/sec 234.4 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 126.3 pages/sec 155.2 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 164.1 Mpixels/sec 157.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 114.8 images/sec 149.7 images/sec
HDR 141.5 Mpixels/sec 202.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16 images/sec 25.9 images/sec
Photo processing 37.7 images/sec 76.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 6.74 Mpixels/sec
Samples 72 tests 24 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Background blur 8.63 images/sec 39.5 images/sec
Face detection 5.22 images/sec 50.9 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.35 Gpixels/sec 0.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.43 Gpixels/sec 1.05 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.43 Gpixels/sec 1.22 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.09 Gpixels/sec 0.29 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 24.4 Gpixels/sec 70.4 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 666.6 FPS 2162.5 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 39 tests 12 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 856 -
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 6 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 4266
Stability - 74%
Graphics test - 16 FPS
Section 1 - 20 FPS
Section 2 - 16 FPS
Section 3 - 12 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 2756 3335
Stability 44% 71%
Graphics test 16 FPS 19 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 12737 -
Video editing score 7462 -
Data manipulation score 12439 -
Photo editing score 32017 -
Writing score 16257 -
Phones tested 5 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 47 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 120 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device ZTE Nubia Red Magic 7S Pro
1080 x 2400		 -
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-10-01 (Euro Fighter🦅)AnTuTu 121676396
📘 2026-09-28 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121667623
📘 2026-09-27 (Abduhakim)AnTuTu 121544080
📘 2026-09-27 -> Strike EagleAnTuTu 121623425
📘 2026-09-25 (Gog)AnTuTu 121527301
Add View all (183)
Apple A16 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-26 (Peltsi74)AnTuTu 111477304
📘 2026-09-21 (Атомная бомба)AnTuTu 111772840
📘 2026-09-19 (Bear lover)AnTuTu 111714105
📘 2026-09-14 (ZUSEPRO)AnTuTu 111603687
📘 2026-08-31 (LORDroid)AnTuTu 111445126
Add View all (63)

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 and A16 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510		 2x 3.46 GHz – Everest
4x 2.02 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3200 MHz 3460 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistor count - 16 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A16 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 900 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 2 5
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 640
FLOPS 1843.2 Gigaflops 1789.4 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 17 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
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
- 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 X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced May 2022 September 2022
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8475 APL1W10
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 official site -
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

Cast your vote

So, which SoC would you choose?
2141 (58.3%)
1530 (41.7%)
Total votes: 3671

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Comments

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Urboyalways October 5, 2022 at 10:46 AM
No need for debate A16 can't just be compared
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#androidbetterthanapple November 9, 2022 at 08:41 PM
Actually, it can. If a last-generation Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 still has a higher Antutu Benchmark than the latest-generation Apple processor, then there seems to be a problem. Even if the Qualcomm processor beats the Bionic chip by just 8%, then it seems that unless Apple doesn't fix the problem of their processors being slightly slower than other older ones, then that 8% gap might just get bigger,
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Guest user August 22, 2023 at 05:57 AM
Clearly, Snapdragon outperforms the Apple A16 Bionic. Back in the day, Oxygen OS on OnePlus was superbly optimized; the OnePlus 8 even outperformed the iPhone in numerous areas. Now, gaming phones with the 8gen2 and 8+gen1 boast more powerful GPUs and additional CPU cores. I've heard the Apple A16 Bionic doesn't even have efficiency cores. This is where Snapdragon excels, especially with its TSMC 4NP Architecture featuring the latest ARM v9 design. It offers capabilities like 8K @ 30fps, while the iPhone is limited to 4K @ 60fps, even though the output is comparable. If an OS, like Color OS, Oxygen OS, OneUI, or Realme UI, is better optimized for a phone, it could easily surpass the A16. Moreover, iPhones tend to heat up, lacking features like vapor chambers. The iPhone can't even manage 90fps in games like PUBG, being locked at 60fps, whereas other phones consistently hit 90fps—credit to their effective cooling systems. The MediaTek Dimensity 9200, 9200+, 8+gen1, and 8gen2 are certainly more stable and superior to the A16 Bionic.
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hascommonsense October 28, 2023 at 05:58 AM
#androidbetterthanapple, Didn't you know Antutu themselves have stated that it's not suitable to compare cross-platform scores, such as those between iOS Metal and Android Vulcan?
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Bob June 11, 2024 at 08:13 PM
#androidbetterthanapple, Isn't the A16 8% better and has a higher Antutu benchmark?
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Dinervc October 1, 2022 at 05:22 PM
Not all the Android Fanboys voting the 8+gen1 better.☠️☠️☠️
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#androidbetterthanapple November 9, 2022 at 08:41 PM
That's not entirely true. The Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 still has a higher vote.
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Guest September 26, 2022 at 09:18 AM
Apple A16 Bionic Chip Is the grandfather of all Processers... Today's Life.
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lucas October 1, 2022 at 10:00 PM
that's simply not true, in a bunch of tests the S8Gen1+ beats apple to death... it's a matter of perspective. Oh and call apple, and tell them that the next time, they should add a fan to their CPU ;)
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bruh October 10, 2022 at 06:34 PM
Check AnTuTu 9 benchmark then talk. The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios. So that what really matters if you look at a powerful phone.
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No one November 16, 2022 at 01:47 AM
bruh, It literally said "AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores."
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Sarfaraz Bhat December 5, 2022 at 07:11 AM
lucas, they don't need to do that we have seen what happens to android chips in multiplayer heavy graphical games like Pubg mobile, ever wonder why all the pros use apple phones for gaming even though most of their iPhones only support 60 fps in the game, it's funny seeing android chips crumble when there are too many enemy players alive in a smaller area comparatively, I swear the game becomes unplayable on these so-called high-end snap chips. you can't compare snap chips with apple chips, how absurd can people be?
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Yaza September 15, 2022 at 06:15 PM
But in real life apple beat the sh*t out of any Android. Not apple fanboy, just accepted the fact.
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Virtue September 18, 2022 at 04:44 PM
It's just because of OS. IOS(iphone operating system) is really well set up for everything.
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Clicker September 19, 2022 at 02:54 PM
But their OS is kind of limited, they just got AOD this year, widgets last year, and proper notification management. Nobody knows. They're fairly behind in useful features and even their implementation is worse and limited, you can't even customize their AOD.
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sammy September 24, 2022 at 10:57 PM
thanks for saying the truth.
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Dinervc October 1, 2022 at 05:20 PM
Virtue, Oh, that surely explains the Computing difference of up to 50%?🤦‍♂️ No, the OS is close to irrelevant.
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Dinervc October 1, 2022 at 05:21 PM
Clicker, „useful features“, what you actually meant to say is „useless gimmicks“…
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lucas October 1, 2022 at 10:04 PM
That's simply not true... in many tests, the A16 loses against the SD8Gen1+ it's depending on the phone and test... geekbench is a fan of apple, no surprise that the A16 won, in video encoding and rendering it struggles quite a bit, and in a stability test in 3d mark as well after 20 runs ... I can name more but you get the idea.
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im not givin out my name October 6, 2022 at 07:16 PM
Dinervc, actually, os optimization is a huge part. a 5950x can lose to a Pentium e6600 in the right circumstances if the os is not optimized.
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Lucas November 26, 2022 at 02:25 AM
Sorry, that's not true... From displays to cameras, open source hardware, and more... Apple just makes overpriced and very fancy copies of things that already exist.
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Ontherun November 27, 2022 at 06:31 PM
I'm an Android user and I have to agree with this. It is possible for android to close the gap though and the gap has actually been getting smaller and smaller. If it wasn't for the setbacks of 888 and 8gen1 due to the Samsung process, the 8+gen1 would have been much better off.
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Justin September 10, 2022 at 06:31 AM
I think a 16 is stronger. Don't look at the specs because the way apple optimizes it is very good. As you can see, the iPhone takes longer than the android phone.
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Void September 13, 2022 at 05:52 PM
Apple would be much better if they would at least have 8GB ram for better gaming performance. The CPU should match the ram in.
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Void disprover. October 21, 2022 at 05:49 AM
Void, That's a myth more ram does not equal better gaming performance. If the game fits into the amount of ram you already have then adding more will actually do nothing. 6 gigs of ram is more than enough for any task a mobile phone could possibly need to tackle right now.
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Void disprover (somewhat)disprover November 23, 2022 at 04:54 PM
Void disprover., It really depends on the things you are doing. The more multitasking you do, the more Ram you need. When I play CODM on my Galaxy Tab S7 (SD 865 and 6 gigs of RAM) I get close to 5 gigs of RAM usage. That´s just one single task. But you´re right. You´ll never get any mobile device over 5 gigs of RAM usage unless that´s your only goal.
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Ontherun November 27, 2022 at 06:34 PM
Void disprover (somewhat)disprover, Also, the frequency and speed of apple RAM are just out of this world. On a phone
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Kelvin February 3, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Void disprover., Your right, imagine the apple bionic a16 with 6g ram performing in a beast mode already, come to think of an 8g ram apple it's just going to be something else.. apple devices are might have little ram and cores but do not write them off, for they are well designed and very efficient.
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mexicanparrot May 30, 2023 at 02:36 AM
Void disprover., Actually, you're wrong in this case. More ram up to a certain point does aid in gaming. 8GB is the optimal ram amount for gaming these days.
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Saharsh August 22, 2023 at 06:01 AM
Void disprover., Yes, that's correct! A few games on my laptop, like Hogwarts Legacy, use up 20GB of RAM out of the 32GB available on my Lenovo Legion. If one game can consume that much, then on an iPhone, games like PUBG, Genshin Impact, or Wreckfest could easily use up 8GB or even 10GB if more is available. RAM does matter to an extent, and it depends on how games are optimized for it. And let's not forget, games are becoming more graphically intensive and hardware-demanding as time goes on. In the future, technical folks and gamers might lean towards brands like Samsung, OnePlus, Redmagic, ROG, Iqoo, and Realme.
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