Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 vs Apple A19
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 (Adreno 840) with the older 6-core Apple A19 (Apple A19 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
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
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- Performs 93% better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 83%) AnTuTu 11 score β 3950K vs 2156K
- Has 2 more cores
- Supports 24% higher memory bandwidth (84.8 against 68.2 GB/s)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (4740 vs 4260 MHz)
Pros of Apple A19
- Higher GPU frequency (~25%)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 1112833 | 598735 |
| GPU | 1494722 | 803562 |
| Memory | 442350 | 200566 |
| UX | 900177 | 553263 |
| Total score | 3950082 | 2156126 |
| Samples | [283 tests] | [23 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 421.8 MB/sec | 313.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 238 pages/sec | 220.3 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 286.6 Mpixels/sec | 210.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 330.6 images/sec | 305.8 images/sec |
| HDR | 308.4 Mpixels/sec | 311.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 40.7 images/sec | 39.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 98.7 images/sec | 102.1 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 14.1 Mpixels/sec | 9.89 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 79 tests | 9 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 51.9 images/sec | 79.6 images/sec |
| Face detection | 24.9 images/sec | 90.4 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.72 Gpixels/sec | 1.07 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 1 Gpixels/sec | 1.34 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 2.04 Gpixels/sec | 3.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.36 Gpixels/sec | 0.49 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 115.4 Gpixels/sec | 90.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 4390.2 FPS | 3104.2 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 50 tests | 10 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 2737 | 2147 |
| Stability | 67% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 20 FPS | 16 FPS |
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 12156 | 9465 |
| Graphics test | 46 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 1 | 52 FPS | 40 FPS |
| Section 2 | 46 FPS | 36 FPS |
| Section 3 | 40 FPS | 31 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 6490 | - |
| Graphics test | 38 FPS | - |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 31126 | - |
| Video editing score | 8963 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 19422 | - |
| Photo editing score | 62111 | - |
| Writing score | 40875 | - |
| Phones tested | 13 models | - |
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 (SituationDizzy) | AnTuTu 12 | 3634422 |
| π 2026-10-11 (by.elega) | AnTuTu 12 | 3477699 |
| π 2026-10-07 (Bullet71) | AnTuTu 12 | 4442144 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Mj.) | AnTuTu 12 | 4453487 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Π‘ΡΡ) | AnTuTu 12 | 4208009 |
Apple A19
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-20 (Shovandeep) | AnTuTu 11 | 1837059 |
| π 2026-09-14 (kpvas) | AnTuTu 11 | 2134388 |
| π 2026-08-27 (Zharkyn) | AnTuTu 11 | 2243285 |
| π 2026-08-07 (Aarav) | AnTuTu 11 | 1776737 |
| π 2026-08-06 (yuki) | AnTuTu 11 | 2352837 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 and Apple A19CPU
| Architecture | 2x 4.74 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Prime 6x 3.63 GHz β Oryon Gen 3 Performance |
2x 4.26 GHz β 4x 2.6 GHz β |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 4740 MHz | 4260 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9.2-A | ARMv9.2-A |
| L1 cache | 192 KB | 192 KB |
| L2 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 3 nanometers | 3 nanometers |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 8 W | - |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 840 | Apple A19 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 800 | Apple A GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1300 MHz | 1620 MHz |
| Pipelines | 3 | 5 |
| Shading units | 512 | 128 |
| Total shaders | 1536 | 640 |
| FLOPS | 3993.6 Gigaflops | 2073.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.4 | - |
| OpenCL version | 3.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Memory frequency | 5300 MHz | 4266 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 84.8 Gb/s | 68.2 Gb/s |
| Max size | 24 GB | 12 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2540 | - |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 320MP | 1x 48MP |
| Video capture | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video playback | 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS | 4K at 120FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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 X85 | Snapdragon X80 |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 24 |
| 5G support | Yes | Yes |
| Download speed | Up to 12500 Mbps | Up to 10000 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 3700 Mbps | Up to 3700 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 7 | 7 |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC |
Info
| Announced | September 2025 | September 2025 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SM8850-AC, SM8850-5-AC, SM8850-1-AD | APL1V13 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 official site | - |
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