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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A15 Bionic Chip

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
A15 Bionic Chip
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
A15 Bionic Chip

We’ve compiled a side-by-side comparison of the newly released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 versus A15 Bionic Chip SoCs, brought to you by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. This comparison examines the pros and cons of these 8-core and 6 -core processors, with data from Geekbench, Antutu, and 3DMark benchmarks, alongside their detailed technical specifications.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Evaluation of Single-Core and Multi-Core Processor Performance
Gaming Performance
Gaming and OpenCL/Vulkan Performance of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Battery life
Energy Efficiency in Battery Usage
Tech Insist Score
Overall Performance Rating of the Chip

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has -33.33% higher GPU clock speed than A15 Bionic Chip (800 vs 1200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20.00% smaller sized transistor than A15 Bionic Chip (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 28.13 % better AnTuTu 9 score than A15 Bionic Chip (1037 K vs 809 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has the latest instruction set, hence better than A15 Bionic Chip.
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 supports 50.15 % higher memory bandwidth than A15 Bionic Chip ( 51.2 vs 34.1 MHz).
Pros of A15 Bionic Chip
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 7.67 % higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 3230 vs 3000 MHz).
  • A15 Bionic Chip has 33.31 % higher memory frequency than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 ( 4266 vs 3200 MHz).

Benchmarks

Evaluating performance through competitive testing in leading benchmarks.
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
A15 Bionic Chip

AnTuTu 10

The AnTuTu Benchmark evaluates CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O capabilities across various scenarios.
CPU 249768 209204
GPU 448381 351594
Memory 172528 118044
UX 166045 130276
Total score 1036722 809118

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability 88% 82%
Graphics test 54 FPS 56 FPS
Score 9041 9524

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Dimensity 9300

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2,3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510		 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche
4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard
Cores 8 6
Base Frequency 1800MHz 2020MHz
Turbo Frequency 3000MHz 3230MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
L2 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 32 MB
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistor count - 15 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) - 6 W

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 -
GPU frequency 800 MHz 1200 MHz
Pipelines 3 5
Shading units 768 640
Total shaders 1536 1280
FLOPS - -
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2 -
DirectX version 12 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 4266 MHz
Bus - -
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max size 24 GB 6 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 64MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed 5G Up to 10240 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Download speed 4G Up to 2560 Mbps -
Upload speed 5G Up to 3072 Mbps Up to 3000 Mbps
Upload speed 4G Up to 316 Mbps -
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2021
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1W07
Official page Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site A15 Bionic Chip official site