Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A17 Pro

Flagship

In Geekbench, the Apple A17 Pro is 44% faster in single-core and 15% faster in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 does better: newer Arm instruction set (ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.6-A) and 10% more GPU compute power (2355 GFLOPS vs 2147 GFLOPS).

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A17 Pro: key differences

Where the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 leads

Newer Arm instruction set

ARMv9.2-A vs ARMv8.6-A
10% more GPU compute power

2355 GFLOPS vs 2147 GFLOPS
Newer RAM type

LPDDR5X vs LPDDR5
50% faster RAM

4800 MHz vs 3200 MHz

Where the Apple A17 Pro leads

18% higher peak CPU clock

3.78 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
3x larger L3 cache

24 MB vs 8 MB
Smaller process node

3 nm vs 4 nm
15% faster in Geekbench multi-core

7,517 vs 6,511
44% faster in Geekbench single-core

2,987 vs 2,073

AnTuTu and Geekbench scores

AnTuTu v11 Total

AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 23,14,089

Apple A17 Pro 16,43,269

Geekbench Single-Core

+44% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 2,073

Apple A17 Pro 2,987

Geekbench Multi-Core

+15% faster

Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 6,511

Apple A17 Pro 7,517

Full specifications

Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.

Specification Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 Apple A17 Pro

Overview

Launch Date: Apirl 2025; September 2023
Chipset Class: Flagship; Flagship
Manufacturer: Qualcomm; Apple
Model Number: SM8735; APL1V02

CPU

Total Cores: 8; 6
Core Configuration: 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X4
3x 3.01 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.80 GHz - Cortex-A720
2x 2.02 GHz - Cortex-A720; 2x 3.78 GHz - Performance cores
4x 2.11 GHz - Efficiency cores
Max Frequency: 3200 MHz; 3780 MHz
Instruction Set: ARMv9.2-A; ARMv8.6-A
Process Node: 4 nm; 3 nm
Manufacturing: TSMC; TSMC
L2 Cache: 6 MB; 20 MB
L3 Cache: 8 MB; 24 MB
TDP: -; 8W

GPU

GPU Name: Adreno 825; Apple A17 Pro GPU
GPU Frequency: 1150 MHz; 1398 MHz
Shading Units: 512; 128
FLOPS: 2355 GFLOPS; 2147 GFLOPS
Ray Tracing Support: Yes; Yes
NPU: Hexagon NPU; Apple Neural Engine
API Support: Vulkan 1.3, OpenCL 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.2; Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0

Memory & Storage

RAM Type: LPDDR5X; LPDDR5
RAM Frequency: 4800 MHz; 3200 MHz
Memory Bus: 4x16-bit; 4x 16-bit
Max Bandwidth: 76.8 GB/s; 51.2 GB/s
Max RAM Size: 24 GB; 8 GB
Storage Type: UFS 4.1; NVMe

Camera & Display

Camera Support: 320 MP; 48 MP
Video Capture: 4K at 60 FPS; 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 240FPS
Max Display Resolution: WQHD+; 2868 x 1320
Video Playback: 8K at 60 FPS; 4K @ 60FPS
Video Codecs: H.264, H.265, AV1, VP9; H.264, H.265, HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG
Audio Codecs: AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV; AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, CAF

Connectivity

Modem: Snapdragon X75 5G; Snapdragon X70 5G
Network Support: 5G; 5G
Download Speed: 4.2 Gbps; 7.5 Gbps
Upload Speed: 3.5 Gbps; 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi: 7; 6E
Bluetooth: 6.0; 5.3
Navigation: QZSS, Galileo, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC, GPS, GNSS; GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS