Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Apple A14 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Apple
Qualcomm
Launch Date
September 2020
March 2024
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
APL1W01
SM8650-AB
Architecture
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
1x 3.0 GHz – Cortex-X4
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
3x 2.0 GHz – Cortex-A520
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 735
GPU frequency
1278 MHz
750 MHz
Max display resolution
2732 x 2048
3840 x 2160
FLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
3.7308 TFLOPS
Execution units
4
2
Shading units
64
786
OpenCL version
-
2.0
Vulkan version
-
1.3
DirectX version
-
12.1
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.0
5.4
Wi-Fi
6
7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, 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
67 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 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 W
Advantages
Apple A14 Bionic
- Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
- Higher Technology: 4 nm (5 nm vs 4 nm)
- Higher Max Bandwidth: 67 Gbit/s (34.1 Gbit/s vs 67 Gbit/s)
- Newer Launch Date: March 2024 (September 2020 vs March 2024)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+27%
2087
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
1638
Multi Core
Apple A14 Bionic
+21%
4820
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
3991
AnTuTu 10
Apple A14 Bionic
1072101
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
+74%
1865243
SiliconCat Rating
18
Ranks 18 among all SOC on our website
30
Ranks 30 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
