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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

55

Points
Apple A14 Bionic

A14 Bionic
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 Vs A14 Bionic

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A14 Bionic SoCs by Qualcomm and Apple respectively. We've now weighed the advantages and disadvantages of these 8-core and 6-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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 37
A14 Bionic 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 37
A14 Bionic 41
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 86
A14 Bionic 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 53
A14 Bionic 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 A14 Bionic
CPU 249768 203493
GPU 448381 284242
Memory 172528 131989
UX 166045 131211
Total score 1036722 750935
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 20% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has 38.06% better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1,037 K vs 751 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 has latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.

Pros of Apple A14 Bionic

  • A14 Bionic has 3.33% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (3100 vs 3000 MHz).
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 1221
A14 Bionic 1611

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3589
A14 Bionic 4209

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 180.6
A14 Bionic 171.5

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 25.25
A14 Bionic 33.6

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 54.7
A14 Bionic 94.8

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 56.95
A14 Bionic 93.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 28
A14 Bionic 38.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 3
A14 Bionic 4.5

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 989.1
A14 Bionic 1060

3DMark

46%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
Stability 88%

Graphics test 54 FPS
43%
A14 Bionic
Stability 77%

Graphics test 50 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K @ 60 Hz,QHD+ @ 144 Hz Full HD+ (2.7K) @ 60Hz
  • Max On-Display Resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
  • Max External Display 4K @ 60 Hz -
  • HDR HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

74%
Turbo Clock Speed

3000 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3 GHz Cortex-X2
    3x 2.5 GHz Cortex-A710
    4x 1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
     2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
    4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.5-A
  • L1 cache - 128 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 11.8 Billion
  • TDP - 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A14 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 700 -
  • GPU frequency 800 MHz -
  • Execution units 3 4
  • Shading units 768 -
  • FLOPS - 998 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 6 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Neural Engine
  • 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, Motion JPEG
  • Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
Full list of technical specifications

Connectivity

  • Modem Snapdragon X65 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10240 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2560 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3072 Mbps 2500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 6 6
  • Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
CPU
37%
GPU
37%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
86%

Apple A14 Bionic

Apple A14 Bionic
CPU
42%
GPU
41%
Memory
25%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

FAQ - Which Processor is Better?

Which processor is better in Turbo Frequency between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A14 Bionic with a 3.33% higher clock speed (3100 MHz vs 3000 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a 20% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 with a 38.06% better score (1036722 vs 750935).

Choose between two processors

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