Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 821. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm
4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm
4x 2.4 GHz – Kryo
4x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.5-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 5 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 11800 million 2000 million
TDP 6 Watt 11 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 6 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 4 Adreno 530
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 500
GPU frequency 1462 MHz 650 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 256
DirectX 11.2
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.1
Vulkan API 1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2732x2048 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 28MP, 2x
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 2.5 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 4.1
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2020 Quarter 4 2016 Quarter 3
Partnumber APL1W01 MSM8996 Pro-AB, MSM8996 Pro-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A14 Bionic
1073837
Snapdragon 821
232375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
2068
Snapdragon 821
353

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A14 Bionic
4719
Snapdragon 821
857