Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs Apple A17 Pro

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
Frequency
2840 MHz
3780 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv8.2-A
ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache
512 KB
256 KB
L2 cache
0
16 MB
L3 cache
0
-
Process
7 nm
3 nm
Transistor count
6.7
19
TDP
6 W
8 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 640
Apple A17 GPU
GPU frequency
585 MHz
1398 MHz
Execution units
2
6
Shading units
384
128
Vulkan version
1.1
-
OpenCL version
2.0
-
DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR4X
LPDDR5
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
3200 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
34.13 Gbit/s
51.2 Gbit/s

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon 690
Neural Engine
Storage type
UFS 3.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
2796 x 1290
Max camera resolution
1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
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, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 20
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 5000 Mbps
Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 1240 Mbps
Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
6
Bluetooth
5.0
5.3
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Dec 2018
Sep 2023
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8150
APL1V02
Official page
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AI

NPU
-
Apple Neural Engine
Theoretical Performance
-
35 TOPS

📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
592,031
1,544,984
Geekbench 6
939
2,953
Geekbench 6
2,855
7,441
FP32 (float)
898
2,147