Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
SOC · Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X43x 3 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A7202x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
Frequency
3780 MHz
3200 MHz
Cores
6
8
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv9.2-A
L1 cache
256 KB
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L2 cache
16 MB
2.75 MB
Process
3 nm
4 nm
Transistor count
19
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TDP
8 W
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Manufacturing
TSMC
TSMC
L3 cache
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8 MB
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
Adreno 825
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
1150 MHz
Execution units
6
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Shading units
128
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Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR5X
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
4800 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
76.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
Hexagon
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
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Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
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Storage type
NVMe
UFS 4.0
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 320MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
- H.264- H.265- AV1- VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
- AAC- AIFF- CAF- MP3- MP4- WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
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5G support
Yes
Yes
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 4200 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
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Wi-Fi
6
7
Bluetooth
5.3
6.0
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Info
Announced
Sep 2023
Apr 2025
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
SM8735
Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
2,186,467
Geekbench 6
2,953
2,159
Geekbench 6
7,441
7,227
FP32 (float)
2,147
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.