Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Specifications of SoCs

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 2 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2020
November 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W01
SM8550-AB
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
4 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
3200 MHz
Transistor count
11.8
-
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv9-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Adreno 740
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
680 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
3.4816 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
2
Shading units
64
1280
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
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4200 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
34.1 Gbit/s
64 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, UFS 4.0
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon
TDP
6 W
6.3 W

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 64 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 64 Gbit/s)
  • Newer Launch Date: November 2022 (September 2020 vs November 2022)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+5% 2087
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1993
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
4820
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+11% 5328

Geekbench 5

Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+180% 1477
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
528
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+120% 3874
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1761

AnTuTu 10

Apple A14 Bionic
1072101
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+43% 1535202

FP32 (float)

Apple A14 Bionic
674
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
+401% 3377

SiliconCat Rating

20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
Apple A14 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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