Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3 vs Apple A19

SOC Specs Compare

CPU

Architecture
1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X44x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7203x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
2x 4.26 GHz –4x 2.51 GHz –
Frequency
3000 MHz
4260 MHz
Cores
8
6
Instruction set
ARMv9.2-A
ARMv9.2-A
L2 cache
1 MB
12 MB
L3 cache
8 MB
12 MB
Process
4 nm
3 nm
TDP
6 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L1 cache
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1404 KB

Graphics

GPU name
Adreno 735
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GPU frequency
1100 MHz
1620 MHz
Execution units
2
80
Shading units
256
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Vulkan version
1.3
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OpenCL version
2.0
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DirectX version
12.1
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Memory

Memory Type
LPDDR5X
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
4200 MHz
8533 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
67.2 Gbit/s
68.26 GB/s

AI

NPU
Hexagon
Neural Engine

Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)
Hexagon
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Storage type
UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0
NVMe
Max display resolution
3840 x 2160
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Max camera resolution
1x 200MP
1x 48MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 120FPS
4K at 120FPS
Video codecs
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP8- VP9- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

Connectivity

4G support
LTE Cat. 22
LTE Cat. 24
5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 6500 Mbps
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Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
7
7
Bluetooth
5.4
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced
Mar 2024
Sep 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
SM8635
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Official page
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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10
1,490,645
1,916,678
Geekbench 6
2,019
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Geekbench 6
5,570
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FP32 (float)
1,689
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