Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A17 Pro with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 870

700103

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A17 Pro

2939

Snapdragon 870

991

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A17 Pro

7414

Snapdragon 870

3362

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 3.78 GHz – Apple Unknown 6x 1.8 GHz – Apple Unknown	1x 3.20 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime) 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold) 4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set		ARMv8.2-A
Lithography	3 nm	7 nm
Number of transistors	19000 million
TDP	8 Watt	10 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 698

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 8 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR5	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	3200 MHz	2750 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit
Bandwidth	51.2 Gbit/s

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 7	Adreno 650
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 600
GPU frequency	1398 MHz	670 MHz
Execution units	6	2
Shaders	768	512
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution		3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@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	7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	3.5 Gbps	3 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.3	5.2
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS SBAS