Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs A17 Pro

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (Adreno 725) with the newer 6-core Apple A17 Pro (Apple A17 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
  • Higher GPU frequency (~2.4x)
  • Performs 81% better in floating-point computations
  • 30% higher CPU clock speed (3780 vs 2910 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
  • Shows better (up to 11%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1467K vs 1317K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A17 Pro +11%
1467470
CPU 532680 374357
GPU 166554 463612
Memory 232990 184670
UX 384783 444831
Total score 1317007 1467470
Samples [52 tests] [21 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 182 MB/sec 254.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 116.1 pages/sec 166 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 137.9 Mpixels/sec 180.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 112.4 images/sec 178.7 images/sec
HDR 137.2 Mpixels/sec 240.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 16.1 images/sec 26.7 images/sec
Photo processing 40.5 images/sec 77.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.62 Mpixels/sec 7.76 Mpixels/sec
Samples 51 tests 32 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A17 Pro +570%
28057
Background blur 7.38 images/sec 55.5 images/sec
Face detection 3.36 images/sec 65.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.23 Gpixels/sec 0.8 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.31 Gpixels/sec 1.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.24 Gpixels/sec 1.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 11.3 Gpixels/sec 87.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 772.3 FPS 3313.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 23 tests 22 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 614 1391
Stability 98% 71%
Graphics test 5 FPS 10 FPS
3DMark Solar Bay
Score - 6089
Stability - 73%
Graphics test - 23 FPS
Section 1 - 29 FPS
Section 2 - 23 FPS
Section 3 - 16 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Score 1956 3655
Stability 85% 63%
Graphics test 11 FPS 21 FPS

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 77 FPS
[Ultra]
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Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]
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Fortnite 38 FPS
[Ultra]
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Shadowgun Legends 81 FPS
[Ultra]
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World of Tanks Blitz 116 FPS
[Ultra]
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Genshin Impact 53 FPS
[Ultra]
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Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 114 FPS
[Ultra]
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Device Xiaomi Poco F5
1080 x 2400
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Martin)AnTuTu 121421599
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Q)AnTuTu 121498717
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Zaviee)AnTuTu 121483091
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Bers2409)AnTuTu 121442782
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-13 (Q)AnTuTu 121277293
Apple A17 Pro
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-01 (Zabza)AnTuTu 111996792
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-28 (Kuan.28)AnTuTu 111752198
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (podsolnuh)AnTuTu 111357765
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-11 (Zabza)AnTuTu 111599694
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-10 (elio)AnTuTu 111445771

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 and A17 Pro

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.91 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.49 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2910 MHz 3780 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache 1024 KB 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 8 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count 10.2 billion 19 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 725 Apple A17 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 580 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 2 6
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS 1187.8 Gigaflops 2147.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 35 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR5
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 3200 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 51.2 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 1290 x 2796
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X62 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 4400 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced March 2023 September 2023
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7475-AB APL1V02
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site -
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

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