Snapdragon 888 Plus Vs A17 Pro
We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 Plus vs A17 Pro 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
- A17 Pro has 26.21% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3780 vs 2995 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 54.48% higher GPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 Plus (1398 vs 905 MHz).
- A17 Pro has 40% smaller sized transistor than Snapdragon 888 Plus (3 vs 5 nm).
- A17 Pro has 92.68% better AnTuTu 9 score than Snapdragon 888 Plus (1,632 K vs 847 K ).
- A17 Pro has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888 Plus.
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
| CPU | 216591 | 399992 |
| GPU | 324286 | 620081 |
| Memory | 138188 | 265579 |
| UX | 167760 | 346005 |
| Total score | 846825 | 1631657 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | - | - |
| Face detection | - | - |
| Speech recognition | - | - |
| Machine learning | - | - |
| Camera shooting | - | - |
| HTML 5 | - | - |
| SQLite | - | - |
3DMark
45%
Snapdragon 888+77%
A17 ProScore: 10002
| Stability | 99% | 79% |
| Graphics test | 33 FPS | 60 FPS |
| Score | 5863 | 10002 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus and Apple A17 ProDisplay
| Max On-Device Display | 4K Ultra HD @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz | - |
| Max On-Display Resolution | 3840 x 2160 | - |
| Max External Display | 4K @ 60 Hz | - |
| HDR | Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 | - |
| Color Depth | Up to 10-bit | - |
| Color Gamut | Rec. 2020 | - |
CPU
79%
Snapdragon 888+100%
A17 Pro
Processor Speed (Frequency)
| Architecture |
1x 2.995 GHz – Kryo 680 Prime (Cortex-X1) 3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 680 Gold (Cortex-A78) 4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 680 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 3.78 GHz 4x 2.02 GHz |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Base Frequency | 1800 MHz | 2020 MHz |
| Turbo Frequency | 2995 MHz | 3780 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv9-A |
| L1 cache | 512 KB | 256 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
| Process | 5 nm | 3 nm |
| Transistor count | 10.3 Billion | 19 Billion |
| TDP | 8 W | 8 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 660 | Apple A17 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 905 MHz | 1398 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 6 |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| FLOPS | 1853 Gigaflops | 2147.2 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR5 |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 3200 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gbit/s | 51.2 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 780 | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 2000MP, 2x 25MP | |
| Video capture | 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
Download Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
Upload Speed
4G (MB/s)
5G (MB/s)
| Modem | X60 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 22 | - |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Peak Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 7500 Mbps |
| Peak Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 3500 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.3 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS |
Info
| Announced Date | June 2021 | September 2023 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8350-AC | APL1V02 |
| Official page | Snapdragon 888 Plus official site | A17 Pro official site |
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus
50.5
Review By TenzysTech
Apple A17 Pro
70
Review By TenzysTech
