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Apple A8 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 43 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 28 %
Apple A8
Rank 1 - 100 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 41 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
412
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
994
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A8
Apple A8 25 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
588
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,397
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 44 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
324
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
731
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Apple A8
Apple A8 23 %
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
607
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,632
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A8
Apple A8 13 %
Apple A8
136
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Adreno 640
1,037

More benchmarks

At a glance

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A8/A8X (2)Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)
ArchitectureA8Kryo 485
Technology20 nm7 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A7
SuccessorApple A9Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 28 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Typhoon
1.50 GHz
1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.96 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache4.00 MB3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
GPU nameApple A8Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU frequency0.53 GHz0.25 - 0.68 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 1284 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB4 GB
Technology20 nm7 nm
Release dateQ3/2014Q1/2019

NPU AI performance

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
AI hardwareQualcomm AI engine
AI specificationsHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
MemoryLPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory1 GB12 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
TDP5 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

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Apple A8Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2014Q4/2018
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

Your rating

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Apple A8
Apple A8
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz

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