Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2020
June 2021
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Model Name
APL1W01
SM8350-AC
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55)
Cores
6
8
Technology
5 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
2995 MHz
Transistor count
11.8
10.3
Instruction set
ARMv8.5-A
ARMv8.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Apple A14 GPU
Adreno 660
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
905 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
1.8534 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
2
Shading units
64
512
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.1
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 22
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.2
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, 2x 25MP
Storage type
NVMe
UFS 3.0, 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
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 780
TDP
6 W
8 W
Advantages
Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 2995 MHz)
Snapdragon 888 Plus
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 51.2 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 51.2 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: June 2021 (September 2020 vs June 2021)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+70%
2087
Snapdragon 888 Plus
1230
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+28%
4820
Snapdragon 888 Plus
3778
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
+27%
1072101
Snapdragon 888 Plus
845159
FP32 (float)
Apple A14 Bionic
674
Snapdragon 888 Plus
+183%
1909
SiliconCat Rating
22
Ranks 22 among all SOC on our website
43
Ranks 43 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 888 Plus
