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49

Points
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Snapdragon 888

55

Points
Apple A14 Bionic

A14 Bionic
Overview - Snapdragon 888 Vs A14 Bionic

We have created a comprehensive comparison of the recently released Snapdragon 888 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 888 35
A14 Bionic 42
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulcan
Snapdragon 888 30
A14 Bionic 41
Battery Life
Efficiency of battery consumption
Snapdragon 888 82
A14 Bionic 82
Tenzys Tech Score
Overall chip score
Snapdragon 888 49
A14 Bionic 55
Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9

Snapdragon 888 A14 Bionic
CPU 211734 203493
GPU 306250 284242
Memory 133870 131989
UX 156641 131211
Total score 808495 750935
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect Tenzys Tech scores.
Key Differences

Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

  • Snapdragon 888 has 50.02% higher memory frequency than A14 Bionic (3200 vs 2133 MHz).
  • Snapdragon 888 has 7.67% better AnTuTu 9 score than A14 Bionic (808 K vs 751 K).

Pros of Apple A14 Bionic

  • A14 Bionic has 9.15% higher CPU clock speed than Snapdragon 888 (3100 vs 2840 MHz).
  • A14 Bionic has latest instruction set, hence better than Snapdragon 888.
Benchmarks

GeekBench 5

Single-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 1126
A14 Bionic 1611

Multi-Core Score

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Snapdragon 888 3681
A14 Bionic 4209

Image compression

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Snapdragon 888 177.1
A14 Bionic 171.5

Face detection

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Snapdragon 888 26.5
A14 Bionic 33.6

Speech recognition

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Snapdragon 888 67.7
A14 Bionic 94.8

Machine learning

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Snapdragon 888 59.9
A14 Bionic 93.1

Camera shooting

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Snapdragon 888 37.5
A14 Bionic 38.7

HTML 5

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Snapdragon 888 3.96
A14 Bionic 4.5

SQLite

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Snapdragon 888 1060
A14 Bionic 1060

3DMark

26%
Snapdragon 888
Stability 91%

Graphics test 30 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 Hybrid Log Gamma (HLG), HDR10+, Dolby Vision®, HDR10 -
  • Color Depth Up to 10-bit -
  • Color Gamut Rec. 2020 -
Full list of technical specifications

CPU

70%
Turbo Clock Speed

2840 MHz

77%
Turbo Clock Speed

3100 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

44%
Base Frequency

1800 MHz

  • Architecture 1x 2.84 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 3.1 GHz – Firestorm
    4x 1.8 GHz – Icestorm
  • Cores 8 6
  • Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.5-A
  • L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
  • L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
  • L3 cache 4 MB -
  • Process 5 nm 5 nm
  • Transistor count - 11.8 Billion
  • TDP 10 W 6 W
Full list of technical specifications

Graphics

  • GPU name Adreno 660 Apple A14 GPU
  • Architecture Adreno 600 -
  • GPU frequency 840 MHz -
  • Execution units 2 4
  • Shading units 512 -
  • FLOPS 1720 Gigaflops 998 Gigaflops
  • Vulkan version 1.1 -
  • OpenCL version 2.0 -
  • 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 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Full list of technical specifications

Multimedia (ISP)

  • Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 780 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 120FPS 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 X60 -
  • 4G support LTE Cat. 22 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 888

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
CPU
35%
GPU
30%
Memory
38%
Energy efficiency and battery life
82%

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 888 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Turbo Frequency is: A14 Bionic with a 9.15% higher clock speed (3100 MHz vs 2840 MHz).

Which processor is better in Memory Frequency between Snapdragon 888 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the higher Memory Frequency is: Snapdragon 888 with a 50.02% higher memory frequency (3200 MHz vs 2133 MHz).

Which processor has a better AnTuTu score between Snapdragon 888 and A14 Bionic?

The processor with the better AnTuTu score is: Snapdragon 888 with a 7.67% better score (808495 vs 750935).