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83

Points
Apple A17 Pro

A17 Pro

95

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Overview - A17 Pro Vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released A17 Pro vs Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 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.

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Review

CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
A17 Pro 78
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 98
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
A17 Pro 82
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 99
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
A17 Pro 89
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 89
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
A17 Pro 83
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 95
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

A17 Pro Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU 399992 635739
GPU 620081 1237734
Memory 265579 460296
UX 346005 457187
Total score 1631657 2790956
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 27.09% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) (1398 vs 1100 MHz).

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 66.66% higher memory frequency than A17 Pro (5333 vs 3200 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has 71.05% better AnTuTu 9 score than A17 Pro (2,791 K vs 1,632 K ).
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) has latest instruction set, hence better than A17 Pro.
  • Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) Support 66.80% higher memory bandwidth than A17 Pro (85.4 vs 51.2 GB/s).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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A17 Pro 2999
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 3155

Multi-Core Score

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A17 Pro 7779
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) 9723

3DMark

51%
A17 Pro
Stability 79%

Graphics test 60 FPS
121%
Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
Stability %

Graphics test 140 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display - -
  • Max On-Display Resolution - -
  • Max External Display - -
  • HDR - -
  • Color Depth - -
  • Color Gamut - -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

94%
Turbo Clock Speed

3780 MHz

0%
Turbo Clock Speed

MHz

50%
Base Frequency

2020 MHz

107%
Base Frequency

4320 MHz

  • Architecture 2x 3.78 GHz
    4x 2.02 GHz
     2x 4.32 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix L)
    6x 3.53 GHz – Oryon (Phoenix M)
  • Cores 6 8
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv9.2-A
  • L1 cache 256 KB -
  • L2 cache 16 MB 12 MB
  • L3 cache - -
  • Process 3 nm 3 nm
  • Transistor count 19 Billion -
  • TDP 8 W 8.2 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Apple A17 GPU Adreno 830
  • Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 800
  • GPU frequency 1398 MHz 1100 MHz
  • Execution units 6 -
  • Shading units 128 768
  • FLOPS 2147.2 Gigaflops 3379.2 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version - 1.3
  • OpenCL version - 3.0
  • DirectX version - 12.1
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 5333 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 85.4 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 8 GB 24 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Neural Engine Hexagon
  • Storage type NVMe UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2540
  • Max camera resolution 1x 320MP
  • Video capture 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video playback 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem - Snapdragon X80
  • 4G support - LTE Cat. 24
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps -
  • 4G Download Speed - 10000 Mbps
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 3500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed - -
  • Wi-Fi 6 7
  • Bluetooth 5.3 6.0
  • 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

Apple A17 Pro
CPU
78%
GPU
82%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)
CPU
98%
GPU
99%
Memory
62%
Energy efficiency and battery life
89%
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