Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 855. 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

A17 Pro

1568389

Snapdragon 855

518573

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Snapdragon 855

738

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Snapdragon 855

2593

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime) 3x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 690

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2133 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Adreno 640
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	590 MHz
Execution units	6	4
Shaders	768	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 192MP, 2x 22MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K
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	2 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	0.316 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS