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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A17 Pro

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
A17 Pro
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
A17 Pro

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730) 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (1)

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 8 Gen 1
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A17 Pro
  • Higher GPU frequency (~71%)
  • 26% higher CPU clock speed (3780 vs 3000 MHz)
  • Has a smaller size transistor (3 versus 4 nm)
  • Performs 28% better in floating-point computations
  • Shows better (up to 13%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1467K vs 1294K

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
A17 Pro

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1294871
A17 Pro +13%
1467470
CPU 490530 374357
GPU 202615 463612
Memory 221583 184670
UX 380143 444831
Total score 1294871 1467470
Samples [90 tests] [21 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
1662
A17 Pro +79%
2969
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
4188
A17 Pro +81%
7599
Asset compression 151.4 MB/sec 254.1 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.2 pages/sec 166 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.3 Mpixels/sec 180.7 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 88.5 images/sec 178.7 images/sec
HDR 119.9 Mpixels/sec 240.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 26.7 images/sec
Photo processing 38.4 images/sec 77.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.49 Mpixels/sec 7.76 Mpixels/sec
Samples 54 tests 32 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
5692
A17 Pro +393%
28057
Background blur 9.81 images/sec 55.5 images/sec
Face detection 4.42 images/sec 65.1 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.8 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.36 Gpixels/sec 1.08 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 1.11 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.43 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 87.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1079.5 FPS 3313.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 30 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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
729
A17 Pro +91%
1391
Score 729 1391
Stability - 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
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
2255
A17 Pro +62%
3655
Score 2255 3655
Stability 63% 63%
Graphics test 13 FPS 21 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13237 -
Video editing score 7311 -
Data manipulation score 10976 -
Photo editing score 27827 -
Writing score 15631 -
Phones tested 16 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Fortnite 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Genshin Impact 40 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
1080 x 2400		 -
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 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> VAMPRAnTuTu 121473339
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (W1zex)AnTuTu 121416723
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Boeing)Geekbench 6 CPU1712 / 4287
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> NoobMiokAnTuTu 121537645
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Ray white)Geekbench 7 CPU914 / 3141
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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
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A17 Pro

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510		 2x 3.78 GHz – Everest
4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3000 MHz 3780 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.6-A
L1 cache - 256 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 3 nanometers
Transistor count - 19 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.3 W 8 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A17 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 818 MHz 1398 MHz
Pipelines 2 6
Shading units 512 128
Total shaders 1024 768
FLOPS 1675.3 Gigaflops 2147.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 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 24 GB 8 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 1290 x 2796
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 48MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X65 Snapdragon X70
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 24
5G support Yes Yes
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 7500 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 3500 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.3
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2023
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1V02
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro

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Comments

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Daine Quitco December 30, 2023 at 04:06 PM
In terms of wildlife performance, the GPUs of both are nearly equal, with scores just over 10,000. This is surprising considering that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 is two generations old!
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