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60

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

55

Points
Apple A14 Bionic

A14 Bionic
Overview - Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Vs A14 Bionic

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 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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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 47
A14 Bionic 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46
A14 Bionic 41
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 86
A14 Bionic 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 60
A14 Bionic 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 A14 Bionic
CPU 270867 203493
GPU 567801 284242
Memory 239879 131989
UX 198202 131211
Total score 1276749 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 2

  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 3.23% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 3100 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 96.91% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (4200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 20% smaller sized transistor than A14 Bionic (4 vs 5 nm).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has 70.02% better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (1,277 K vs 751 K).
  • Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 has latest instruction set, hence better than A14 Bionic.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1490
A14 Bionic 1611

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5198
A14 Bionic 4209

Image compression

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 251.3
A14 Bionic 171.5

Face detection

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 46.2
A14 Bionic 33.6

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 122.9
A14 Bionic 94.8

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 114.1
A14 Bionic 93.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 51.7
A14 Bionic 38.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 5.81
A14 Bionic 4.5

SQLite

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Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 1510
A14 Bionic 1060

3DMark

66%
Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Stability %

Graphics test 81 FPS
43%
A14 Bionic
Stability 77%

Graphics test 50 FPS
Full list of technical specifications

Display

  • Max On-Device Display 4K Ultra HD @ 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 HDR Vivid, HDR10+, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

49%
Base Frequency

2000 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 3x 2 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 8 MB -
  • Process 4 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 11.8 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 740 Apple A14 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 700 -
  • GPU frequency 980 MHz -
  • Execution units - 4
  • Shading units - -
  • FLOPS - 998 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.3 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 4200 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth - 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 24 GB 6 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5x LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4 x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Yes Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
  • Max camera resolution 1 x 200 MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video codecs H.264, H.265, AV1, 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 X70 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 10000 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3500 Mbps 2500 Mbps
  • 4G Upload Speed 316 Mbps -
  • Wi-Fi 7 6
  • Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
  • Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Full list of technical specifications

Info

Review

Review By TenzysTech

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
CPU
47%
GPU
46%
Memory
49%
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 2 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a 3.23% higher clock speed (3200 MHz vs 3100 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a 96.91% higher memory frequency (4200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a 20% smaller transistor size (4 nm vs 5 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 with a 70.02% better score (1276749 vs 750935).

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