Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus vs Apple A14 Bionic

Specifications of SoCs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of the characteristics and performance of the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus and Apple A14 Bionic mobile processors. This comparison will help you determine which one best suits your needs.

Basic

Label Name
Qualcomm
Apple
Launch Date
July 2020
September 2020
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
SmartPhone Flagship
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
Model Name
SM8250-AB
APL1W01
Architecture
1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
Cores
8
6
Technology
7 nm
5 nm
Frequency
3100 MHz
3100 MHz
Transistor count
10.3
11.8
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.5-A

GPU Specifications

GPU name
Adreno 650
Apple A14 GPU
GPU frequency
670 MHz
1278 MHz
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2732 x 2048
FLOPS
1.3721 TFLOPS
0.6543 TFLOPS
Execution units
2
4
Shading units
512
64
OpenCL version
2.0
-
Vulkan version
1.1
-
DirectX version
12.1
-

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 18
5G support
Yes
Yes
Bluetooth
5.2
5.0
Wi-Fi
6
6
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

Memory type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4X
Memory frequency
2750 MHz
2133 MHz
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max Bandwidth
44 Gbit/s
34.1 Gbit/s

Miscellaneous

L2 Cache
1 MB
8 MB
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Max camera resolution
1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
-
Storage type
UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1
NVMe
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Video playback
8K at 30FPS
4K at 60FPS
Video capture
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS
4K at 60FPS
Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 698
Neural Engine
TDP
5 W
6 W

Advantages

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus
Snapdragon 865 Plus
  • Higher Max Bandwidth: 44 Gbit/s (44 Gbit/s vs 34.1 Gbit/s)
Apple A14 Bionic
Apple A14 Bionic
  • Higher Technology: 5 nm (7 nm vs 5 nm)
  • Newer Launch Date: September 2020 (July 2020 vs September 2020)

Geekbench 6

Single Core
Snapdragon 865 Plus
1163
Apple A14 Bionic
+79% 2087
Multi Core
Snapdragon 865 Plus
3306
Apple A14 Bionic
+46% 4820

AnTuTu 10

Snapdragon 865 Plus
772548
Apple A14 Bionic
+39% 1072101

FP32 (float)

Snapdragon 865 Plus
+98% 1332
Apple A14 Bionic
674

SiliconCat Rating

50
Ranks 50 among all SOC on our website
20
Ranks 20 among all SOC on our website
Snapdragon 865 Plus
Apple A14 Bionic

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