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45

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

Snapdragon 870

55

Points
Apple A14 Bionic

A14 Bionic
Overview - Snapdragon 870 Vs A14 Bionic

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 870 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 870 32
A14 Bionic 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 870 27
A14 Bionic 41
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 870 75
A14 Bionic 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 870 45
A14 Bionic 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 870 A14 Bionic
CPU 179347 203493
GPU 270188 284242
Memory 98761 131989
UX 95818 131211
Total score 644114 750935
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

  • Snapdragon 870 has 3.23% higher CPU clock speed than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 3100 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 870 has 28.93% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (2750 vs 2133 MHz).

Pros of Apple A14 Bionic

  • A14 Bionic has 28.57% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 870 (5 vs 7 nm).
  • A14 Bionic has 16.58% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 870 (751 K vs 644 K ).
  • A14 Bionic has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 870.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 1038
A14 Bionic 1611

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 870 3569
A14 Bionic 4209

Image compression

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Snapdragon 870 180.6
A14 Bionic 171.5

Face detection

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Snapdragon 870 25.25
A14 Bionic 33.6

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 870 54.7
A14 Bionic 94.8

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 870 56.95
A14 Bionic 93.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 870 28
A14 Bionic 38.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 870
A14 Bionic 4.5

SQLite

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Snapdragon 870 989.1
A14 Bionic 1060

3DMark

22%
Snapdragon 870
Stability 90%

Graphics test 25 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

79%
Turbo Clock Speed

3200 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
    3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
    4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)
     2x 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
    4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.5-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 7 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 11.8 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 650 Apple A14 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 -
  • GPU frequency 645 MHz -
  • Execution units 2 4
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1,267 Gigaflops 998 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • DirectX version 12 -
Full list of technical specifications

Memory

  • Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
  • Max bandwidth 44 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
  • Max Size 16 GB 6 GB
  • Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
  • Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Neural Engine
  • Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
  • Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2732 x 2048
  • Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
  • Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
  • Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X55 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
  • 5G support Yes Yes
  • 5G Download Speed 7500 Mbps 7500 Mbps
  • 4G Download Speed 2500 Mbps -
  • 5G Upload Speed 3000 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 870

Qualcomm Snapdragon 870
CPU
32%
GPU
27%
Memory
32%
Energy efficiency and battery life
75%

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 870 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: Snapdragon 870 with a 3.23% higher clock speed (3200 MHz vs 3100 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 870 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 870 with a 28.93% higher memory frequency (2750 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a smaller transistor size between Snapdragon 870 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with a smaller transistor size is: A14 Bionic with a 28.57% smaller transistor size (5 nm vs 7 nm).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 870 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: A14 Bionic with a 16.58% better score (750935 vs 644114).