Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus 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 Plus 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
May 2022
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
-
Model Name
APL1W01
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A7104x 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 730
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
900 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
-
Execution units
4
-
Shading units
64
-
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12
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
-
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
-
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Frequency: 3200 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3200 MHz)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: May 2022 (September 2020 vs May 2022)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+25%
2087
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
1665
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+15%
4820
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4202
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1072101
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
+10%
1178353
SiliconCat Rating
22
Ranks 22 among all SOC on our website
30
Ranks 30 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
