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Apple A8 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 662

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A8
Rank 2 - 89 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 49 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
334
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 50 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,170
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 100 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
315
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 46 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz
1,325
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 50 %
Apple A8
136
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Qualcomm Adreno 610
273

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 662/665 (2)
ArchitectureA8Kryo 260
Technology20 nm11 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Typhoon
1.50 GHz
4x Kryo 260 Gold
2.00 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Kryo 260 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
GPU nameApple A8Qualcomm Adreno 610
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.00 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 128 / 128
Raytracing
Max. displays10
Max. GPU Memory4 GB4 GB
Technology20 nm11 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q2/2019

NPU AI performance

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 683
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-3733 (29.8 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1866 (15.0 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB8 GB
Memory channels12
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2020
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
Qualcomm Snapdragon 662
8C / 8T · 2.00 GHz

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Apple A8
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