Overview - A17 Pro Vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A17 Pro vs Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 SoCs by Apple and Qualcomm respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 6-core and 8-core CPUs on the basis of their Geekbench, Antutu and 3DMark benchmarks with their technical specifications.

Features

Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A17 Pro 94
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 44
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A17 Pro 95
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 37
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A17 Pro 89
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 86
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A17 Pro 93
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 56
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A17 Pro Snapdragon 7 Gen 3
CPU 399992 256787
GPU 620081 272332
Memory 265579 177778
UX 346005 159966
Total score 1631657 866863
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Apple A17 Pro

  • A17 Pro has 43.73% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (3780 vs 2630 MHz).
  • A17 Pro has 25% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (3 vs 4 nm).
  • A17 Pro has 88.23% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 (1,632 K vs 867 K).
  • A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 7 Gen 3.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A17 Pro 2999
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 1128

Multi-Core Score

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A17 Pro 7779
Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 3375

3DMark

Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
Stability %

Graphics test -
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - WFHD+@168 Hz, WQHD+@120 Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - 4K @ 60 Hz
  • HDR - HDR10, HDR10+, Adaptive HDR10, Ultra HDR
  • Color Depth - Up to 10-bit
  • Color Gamut - Rec. 2020
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

100%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2630 MHz

92%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

82%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
    1x 2.63 GHz – Cortex-A715
    3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A715
    4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB -
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 4 nm
  • Transistor count 19 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A17 GPU Adreno 720
  • Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 700
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz -
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units 128 -
  • FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops -
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 2.0
  • DirectX version - -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 25.6 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 16 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Yes
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 3.1
  • Max display resolution 3360 x 1600
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X63
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Apple A17 Pro

CPU
94%
GPU
95%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3

CPU
44%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%
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