Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Apple A17 Pro
► remove from comparisonThe Apple A17 Pro is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 15 Pro (2023) models. It offers 6 cores divided in two performance cores (up to 3.78 GHz) and four power-efficiency cores (up to 2.11 GHz). Thanks to the higher clock speed and improvements of the branch prediction and a wider design, the A17 is able to be around 10% to 15% faster than the A16 SoC.
The biggest improvement is the new integrated 6-core GPU with ray tracing and mesh shading support. Furthermore, the chip is now able to decode AV1 video in hardware and supports USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps). The Neural Engine still offers 16 cores, but should be up to twice as fast now.
The A17 Pro integrates 19 Billion transistors and is manufactured in the bleeding edge 3nm (N3B) process at TSMC.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy
► remove from comparisonThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2022 and manufactured in 4 nm at TSMC (N4P). It integrates four different CPU clusters. A fast and big prime core based on the ARM Cortex-X3 architecture and clocked at up to 3.36 GHz for 64 bit applications. Two more ARM Cortex-A715 based performance cores clocked at up to 2.8 GHz (also only for 64 bit apps). Two more Cortex-A710 performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz that can also be used for older apps and three efficiency cores (ARM Cortex-A510 with up to 2 GHz). All cores can use the shared 8 MB level 3 cache. Compared to the normal SD 8 Gen 2, the "for Galaxy" version offers a 160 MHz higher clocked prime core.
Thanks to the new architecture and high clock rates, the SD 8 Gen 2 is the fastest mobile CPU for Android based devices and is only topped by current Apple SoCs like the Apple A16 (see benchmarks below).
The chip also integrates a Hexagon accelerator for AI workloads (tensor, scalar and vector). Qualcomm states that its one of the first chips with INT4 support and up to 4.35x performance compared to the previous generation.
The 18-Bit-Spectra ISP is able to process photos with up to 200 MP and work with videos up to 8k30 (including 10-bit, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision).
A big improvement of the Snapdragon 8 G2 is the integrated Adreno 740 GPU, that now supports Hardware Raytracing and tops even the iGPU in the Apple A16.
The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.
The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.
The integrated Snapdragon X70 5G modem is also new as is the FastConnect 7800 modem with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
► remove from comparisonThe Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2022 and manufactured in 4 nm at TSMC (N4P). It integrates four different CPU clusters. A fast and big prime core based on the ARM Cortex-X3 architecture and clocked at up to 3.2 GHz for 64 bit applications. Two more ARM Cortex-A715 based performance cores clocked at up to 2.8 GHz (also only for 64 bit apps). Two more Cortex-A710 performance cores at up to 2.8 GHz that can also be used for older apps and three efficiency cores (ARM Cortex-A510 with up to 2 GHz). All cores can use the shared 8 MB level 3 cache.
Thanks to the new architecture and high clock rates, the SD 8 Gen 2 is the fastest mobile CPU for Android based devices and is only topped by current Apple SoCs like the Apple A16 (see benchmarks below).
The chip also integrates a Hexagon accelerator for AI workloads (tensor, scalar and vector). Qualcomm states that its one of the first chips with INT4 support and up to 4.35x performance compared to the previous generation.
The 18-Bit-Spectra ISP is able to process photos with up to 200 MP and work with videos up to 8k30 (including 10-bit, HDR10+, HLG and Dolby Vision).
A big improvement of the Snapdragon 8 G2 is the integrated Adreno 740 GPU, that now supports Hardware Raytracing and tops even the iGPU in the Apple A16.
The integrated AI Engine can offer up to 4x faster AI performance thanks to the bigger Tensor engine. The 18-Bit-Spectra-ISP also saw some big improvements and is now called Snapdragon Sight.
The integrated Adreno 730 offers a 30% graphics boost compared to the previous Adreno 660.
The integrated Snapdragon X70 5G modem is also new as is the FastConnect 7800 modem with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.3 support.
Model | Apple A17 Pro | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 for Galaxy | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Series | Apple Apple A-Series | Qualcomm Snapdragon | Qualcomm Snapdragon | ||||||||||||||||
Codename | Coll APL1V02 | Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) | Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) | ||||||||||||||||
Clock | 2110 - 3780 MHz | 2000 - 3360 MHz | 2000 - 3200 MHz | ||||||||||||||||
Cores / Threads | 6 / 6 2 x 3.8 GHz Apple A17 P-Core 4 x 2.1 GHz Apple A17 E-Core | 8 / 8 1 x 3.4 GHz ARM Cortex-X3 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A715 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A710 3 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A510 | 8 / 8 1 x 3.2 GHz ARM Cortex-X3 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A715 2 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A710 3 x 2.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A510 | ||||||||||||||||
Transistors | 19000 Million | ||||||||||||||||||
Technology | 3 nm | 4 nm | 4 nm | ||||||||||||||||
Features | 16-Core Neural Engine, Secure Enclave, AV1 decoding, USB 3.2 Gen 2 (10 Gbps) | Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller | Adreno GPU, Spectra ISP, Hexagon, X70 5G Modem, FastConnect 7800 Wi-Fi 7, LPDDR5x 4200 MHz Memory Controller | ||||||||||||||||
iGPU | Apple A17 Pro GPU | Qualcomm Adreno 740 | Qualcomm Adreno 740 | ||||||||||||||||
Architecture | ARM | ARM v9 | ARM v9 | ||||||||||||||||
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Series: Snapdragon Cortex-X3 / A715 / A710 / A510 (Kryo) |
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L3 Cache | 8 MB | 8 MB | |||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer | www.qualcomm.com | www.qualcomm.com |