Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. 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	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X3 (Kryo Prime) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A715 (Kryo Gold) 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 3x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv9-A
Lithography	3 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	6.3 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 24 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	4200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 4.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Adreno 740
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	680 MHz
Execution units	6
Shaders	768
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9	AV1 H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC) VP8 VP9

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	7.5 Gbps	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS