Apple A14 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A14 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 3. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score

A14 Bionic

1073837

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A14 Bionic

2068

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

2031

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A14 Bionic

4719

Snapdragon 8s Gen 3

5603

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.09 GHz – Firestorm 4x 1.82 GHz – Icestorm	1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X4 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A520
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.5-A	ARMv9.2-A
Lithography	5 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	11800 million
TDP	6 Watt	7.5 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 6 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 4	Adreno 735
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1462 MHz	1100 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	256	768
DirectX		12.1
OpenCL API		2.0
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2732x2048	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	6.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	2.5 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.4
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS