Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2020
December 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1W01
SM8450
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
3000 MHz
Transistor count
11.8
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Adreno 730
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
818 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
2.5128 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
2
Shading units
64
768
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s
Miscellaneous
L2 Cache
8 MB
1 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Max camera resolution
-
1x 200MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.1
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon
TDP
6 W
5.3 W
Advantages
Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: December 2021 (September 2020 vs December 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+25%
2087
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1664
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+20%
4820
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4030
Geekbench 5
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+137%
1477
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
623
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+81%
3874
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2142
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1072101
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+3%
1107494
FP32 (float)
Apple A14 Bionic
674
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
+269%
2487
SiliconCat Rating
22
Ranks 22 among all SOC on our website
32
Ranks 32 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
