Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 Plus. 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 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	2x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 460 Gold) 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 460 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	8 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	3 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 686

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Adreno 619
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	950 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	768	128
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		2520x1080
Max camera resolution		1x 64MP, 1x 25MP + 1x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	FullHD@60fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	2.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.66 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS