Apple A17 Pro vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 821
SOC Specs Compare
CPU
Architecture
2x 3.78 GHz – Everest4x 2.11 GHz – Sawtooth
2x 2.342 GHz – Kryo2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Frequency
3780 MHz
2342 MHz
Cores
6
4
Instruction set
ARMv8.6-A
ARMv8-A
L1 cache
256 KB
64 KB
L2 cache
16 MB
0
Process
3 nm
14 nm
Transistor count
19
2
TDP
8 W
11 W
Manufacturing
TSMC
Samsung
Graphics
GPU name
Apple A17 GPU
Adreno 530
GPU frequency
1398 MHz
653 MHz
Execution units
6
1
Shading units
128
256
Vulkan version
-
1.0
OpenCL version
-
2.0
DirectX version
-
11
Memory
Memory Type
LPDDR5
LPDDR4
Memory frequency
3200 MHz
1866 MHz
Bus
4x 16 Bit
4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth
51.2 Gbit/s
29.8 Gbit/s
AI
NPU
Apple Neural Engine
-
Theoretical Performance
35 TOPS
-
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
Hexagon 680
Storage type
NVMe
eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0
Max display resolution
2796 x 1290
3840 x 2160
Max camera resolution
1x 48MP
1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
4K at 30FPS
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9, Motion JPEG
H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Connectivity
4G support
LTE Cat. 24
LTE Cat. 12
5G support
Yes
No
Download speed
Up to 7500 Mbps
Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed
Up to 3500 Mbps
Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi
6
5
Bluetooth
5.3
4.1
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
Info
Announced
Sep 2023
Aug 2016
Class
Flagship
Flagship
Model number
APL1V02
MSM8996 Pro-AC
📊 Benchmark
AnTuTu 10
1,544,984
-
Geekbench 6
2,953
391
Geekbench 6
7,441
797
FP32 (float)
2,147
334