Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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 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
Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher Frequency: 3100 MHz (3100 MHz vs 3000 MHz)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3
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

20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
32
Ranks 32 among all SOC on our website
Apple A14 Bionic
Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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