Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 vs A14 Bionic full specification comparison. Apple A14 Bionic vs snapdragon 855 benchmark comparison.
Processor Manufacturer | Qualcomm Apple |
Announced | 05 December, 2018 15 September, 2020 |
Model | Flagship APL1W01 |
Class | SM8150 Flagship |
Size | 7nm 5nm |
CPU Cores | 8 6 |
CPU Configuration | 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold), 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) and 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) Two 3.1 GHz high-Performance Firestorm Core and Four 1.8 GHz for low-performance Icestorm core |
High Frequency | 2840 MHz 3100 |
Core architecture | hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
Performance Core | 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) and 3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold) Two 3.1 GHz high-Performance Firestorm Core |
Power Efficient Core | 4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver) Four 1.8 GHz for low-performance Icestorm core |
L1 Cache | 384 KB - |
L2 cache | 768 KB 4.00 MB |
L3 cache | 2 MB 8 MB |
Storage Type | UFS 3.0 NVMe |
Instruction set | ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) |
Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 10 W 6 W |
Extra Feature | 1. Two 3.1 GHz high-Performance Firestorm Core |
GPU GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is a single-chip processor designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display, This includes things such as lighting effects, object transformations, and 3D motion. |
Qualcomm® Adreno™ 640 GPU
Apple A14 GPU |
GPU Memory |
585 MHz GPU frequency: 1.80 GHz, GPU (Turbo): 3.01 GHz |
Architecture | Adreno 600 - |
FLOPS | 899 Gigaflops - |
OpenGL Version | 2.0 2.0 |
DirectX Support DirectX Support | 12 12 |
Vulkan version | 1.1 1.1 |
Shading units | 384 |
Video Encoding | H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG |
Video Playback | Volumetric VR video playback, 8K 360 VR video playback, 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS |
Gaming |
Snapdragon Elite Gaming First true HDR gaming on mobile, providing over 1 billion shades of color - |
APU / NPU / AI Proc. / Neural IP |
Qualcomm® Hexagon™ 690 Processor • Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Vector Accelerator • Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Tensor Accelerator • Qualcomm® Hexagon™ Voice Assistant • Qualcomm® All-Ways Aware™ Hub Apple Neural Engine |
TOPS Speed | 7 trillion operations per second (TOPS) 11 TOPS |
RAM Type |
LPDDR4X LPDDR4X |
RAM frequency | 2133 MHz - |
RAM Max | 16 GB 6 GB |
Max Bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s 42.7 Gbit/s |
Bus Speed A bus is a subsystem that transfers data between computer components or between computers. | 4x 16 Bit - |
Cellular Modem |
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X50 Modem-RF System, Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ X24 LTE modem Snapdragon X55 5G modem-RF system |
Cellular Technology |
WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE, LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast
5G NR FDD, 5G NR TDD, SA, NSA, LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast, WCDMA (DB-DC-HSDPA, DC-HSUPA), TD-SCDMA, CDMA 1x, EV-DO, GSM/EDGE |
4G Network |
LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast VoLTE with SRVCC to 3G and 2G, HD and Ultra HD Voice (EVS), CSFB to 3G and 2G LTE FDD, LTE TDD including CBRS support, LAA, LTE Broadcast, |
5G Modem | |
5G Network |
Support for sub-6 GHz and mmWave Supported Spectrum: • mmWave: 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO • Sub-6 GHz: 100 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO 5G NR FDD, 5G NR TDD, SA, NSA, |
5G mmWave | 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO 800 MHz bandwidth, 8 carriers, 2x2 MIMO |
5G sub-6 GHz | 100 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO 200 MHz bandwidth, 4x4 MIMO |
5G Spectrum | mmWave, sub-6 GHz 5G/4G spectrum sharing, mmWave, sub-6 GHz |
Download Speed | Up to 2000 Mbps 7.5 Gbps |
Upload Speed | Up to 316 Mbps 2.5 Gbps |
Dual SIM | Yes - |
Extra Feature |
mmWave Features: Dual-layer polarization in downlink and uplink, Beam tracking, Beam steering, Beamforming |
wireless System | Qualcomm® FastConnect™ 6200 subsystem |
WiFi-6 ready | |
Wi-fi Wi-Fi is a popular wireless networking technology using radio waves to provide high-speed network connections that allows devices to communicate without cords or cables, Wi-Fi is increasingly becoming the preferred mode of internet connectivity all over the world. | Wi-Fi Standards: 802.11ax-ready, 802.11ac Wave 2, 802.11a/b/g, 802.11n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, hotspot |
Wi-Fi Band | 2.5GHz, 5GHz 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz, 6 GHz |
Wi-Fi Speed | 10 Gbps - |
Bluetooth Bluetooth is a wireless communications technology for exchanging data between mobile phones, headsets, computers and other network devices over short distances without wires, Bluetooth technology was primarily designed to support simple wireless networking of personal consumer devices. | 5.0 5.0, A2DP, LE |
Bluetooth Audio | - - |
GPS GPS The Global Positioning System is a satellite-based radio navigation system, GPS permits users to determine their position, velocity and the time 24 hours a day, in all weather, anywhere in the world, In order to locate your position, your device or GPS receiver must have a clear view of the sky. | Dual frequency GNSS, GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
USB | USB Version 3.1; USB Type-C Support Lightning, USB 2.0 |
NFC NFC (Near field communication) is a set of standards for smartphones and similar devices to establish peer-to-peer radio communications with each other by touching them together or bringing them into proximity, usually no more than a few inches. | |
Extra Feature |
Channel Utilization: 20/40/80 MHz • MIMO Configuration: 2x2 (2-stream) • MU-MIMO • Dual-band simultaneous (DBS) • Key Features: 8x8 sounding (up to 2x an improvement over 4x4 sounding devices), Target Wakeup Time for up to 67% better power efficiency, latest security with WPA3 Key Features: multi-gigabit speeds, were equivalent latency, always-on ambient Wi-Fi sensing |
ISP | Qualcomm Spectra™ 380 image signal processor, Hardware accelerator for computer vision (CV-ISP), Dual 14-bit CV-ISPs Custom-designed Image Processor; Computational photography, Also Support LIDAR Sensor |
Single Camera | Up to 48 MP single camera - |
Dual Camera | Up to 22 MP dual camera - |
Video capture |
Slow-motion video capture at 720p HDR, 480fps • HEIF photo capture, HEVC video capture • Video Capture Formats: HDR10+, HDR10, HLG • 4K HDR Video Capture with Portrait Mode (Bokeh) Rec. 2020 color gamut video capture • Up to 10-bit color depth video capture 8K HDR @60fps 4K HDR @60fps, 129fps 1080p@240fps, 480fps |
Video Codec |
H.265 (HEVC), HDR10+, HLG, HDR10, H.264 (AVC), VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, VP9, Motion JPEG |
Extra Feature |
Multi-frame Noise Reduction (MFNR) • Real-time object classification, segmentation and replacement |
Display Support |
4K Ultra HD 2732 x 2048 |
Refresh Rate | 90Hz - |
Max External Display | 4K Ultra HD - |
Extra Feature |
HDR: HDR10+ Color Depth: Up to 10-bit Color Gamut: Rec2020 - |
Audio Playback | Qualcomm TrueWireless™ Technology, Qualcomm® Broadcast Audio technology, Qualcomm Aqstic™ audio technology, Qualcomm® aptX™ audio technology AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Security Features |
Secure Processing Unit featuring mobile payments and Qualcomm® 3D Sonic Sensor • Biometric Authentication: Fingerprint, Iris, Voice, Face On-Device: Qualcomm® Mobile Security, Key Provisioning Security, Qualcomm® Processor Security, Qualcomm® Content Protection, Qualcomm® Trusted Execution Environment, Camera Security, Crypto Engine, Malware Protection, Secure Boot, Secure Token Apple Face ID and Touch ID Support |
Fingerprint Sensor | Yes Yes |
Face Detection |
Charging Speed | Qualcomm® Quick Charge™ 4+ technology - |
AnTuTu benchmark scores | 421895 680174 |
Geekbench scores |
Single-Core Score - 732 Multi-Core Score - 2590 1658 Single-core and 4612 For Multi-Core |
3DMark |
45072 39194 |
PCMark | 5406 |
Passmark CPU |
197214 44785 Points (6%) |
Octane V2 | 17011 58632 |
Mozilla Kraken |
2528.6 467 |