Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A20 Pro
SoC Comparison Result
Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Apple A20 Pro mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.
Basic
Label Name
Qualcomm
Apple
Launch Date
September 2025
September 2026
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8850
Apple A20 Pro
Architecture
2x 4.61 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
6x 3.63 GHz –
2x 4.93 GHz + 4x 2.64 GHz
Cores
8
6
Technology
3 nm
2 nm
Frequency
4610 MHz
4.93 GHz
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.4-A
GPU Specifications
GPU name
Adreno 840
Apple A20 Pro GPU
GPU frequency
1200 MHz
1620 MHz
FLOPS
3.6864 TFLOPS
2903 GFLOPS
Execution units
-
7
Shading units
512
128
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
-
5G support
Yes
-
Bluetooth
6.0
Bluetooth 6.0
Wi-Fi
7
Wi-Fi 7
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, QZSS, BeiDou, NavIC
Memory Specifications
Memory type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
-
4800 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
96-bit
Miscellaneous
L1 Cache
-
192 KB
L2 Cache
-
16 MB
L3 cache
16 MB
-
Audio codecs
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
AAC, APAC, MP3, Apple Lossless, FLAC, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, Dolby Atmos
Max camera resolution
1x 320MP
3x 48 MP
Storage type
UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
NVMe
Video codecs
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
HEVC, H.264, AV1, ProRes
Video playback
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K
Video capture
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
4K at 120 FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
Dual 16-core Apple Neural Engine
Advantages
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Higher Frequency: 4610 MHz (4610 MHz vs 4.93 GHz)
Apple A20 Pro
- Higher Technology: 2 nm (3 nm vs 2 nm)
- Newer Launch Date: September 2026 (September 2025 vs September 2026)
Geekbench 6
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
3872
Apple A20 Pro
+22%
4713
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
12272
Apple A20 Pro
+3%
12599
Geekbench 7
Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
1741
Apple A20 Pro
+131%
4015
Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
7601
Apple A20 Pro
+47%
11142
FP32 (float)
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+28%
3723
Apple A20 Pro
2903
AntuTu 11
Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
+15%
3950082
Apple A20 Pro
3434654
SiliconCat Rating
8
Ranks 8 among all SOC on our website
4
Ranks 4 among all SOC on our website
Apple A20 Pro
