Apple and Qualcomm make some of the best smartphone chips and their latest releases are no exception. Both companies have now launched their flagship SoCs that will power high-end smartphone experiences throughout most of 2024. But you may be wondering, which company has taken the performance crown this generation and by how much? Let’s find out in this Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A17 Pro comparison.
A17 ProSnapdragon 8 Gen 3
CPU Config2x 3.78GHz (High-performance)
4x 2.11GHz (Energy-efficient)1x 3.3GHz (Cortex-X4)
3x 3.2GHz (Cortex-A720)
2x 3GHz (Cortex-A720)
2x 2.3GHz (Cortex-A520 Refresh)
GPU6-core (Apple-designed)
Hardware ray-tracingAdreno (Qualcomm-designed)
Hardware ray-tracing
AI16-core Apple Neural EngineHexagon DSP
RAM supportLPDDR5LPDDR5X
VideoHEVC, AV1 decode
4K60 captureHEVC, AV1 decode
4K120, 8K30 capture
4G/5G ModemX70 LTE/5G
10,000Mbps down
3,500Mbps upX70 LTE/5G
10,000Mbps down
3,500Mbps up
Other networkingBluetooth 5.3
Wi-Fi 6EBluetooth 5.4
Wi-Fi 7 Ready
ProcessTSMC 3nm (N3B)TSMC 4nm (N4P)
Even though the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and A17 Pro are both Arm-based smartphone SoCs, they’re fundamentally very different under the hood.
