Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 660

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 660. 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
4x 2.2 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 260 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 260 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8-A
Lithography 3 nm 14 nm
Number of transistors 19000 million
TDP 8 Watt 5 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 8 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 1866 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit
Bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 7 Adreno 512
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 500
GPU frequency 1398 MHz 850 MHz
Execution units 6 1
Shaders 768 128
DirectX 12
OpenCL API 2.0
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2560x1600
Max camera resolution 1x 25MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 4K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 7.5 Gbps 0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 3.5 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2023 Quarter 3 2017 Quarter 2
Partnumber APL1V02 SDM660
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Mid-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A17 Pro
1568389
Snapdragon 660
202037

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A17 Pro
2939
Snapdragon 660
328

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A17 Pro
7414
Snapdragon 660
1285