Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
There are 8 key differences between Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks.
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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
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Key differences
| Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3 nm (TSMC N3P) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 25 September 2025 |
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Oryon Gen 3 Prime at 4.6 GHz + 6× Oryon Gen 3 Performance at 3.62 GHz — no separate efficiency cores |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 4.6 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv9, 64-bit |
| GPU | Apple A19 Pro GPU — six cores (five in the iPhone Air) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno 840 |
Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
Read the full review →Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
An exceptional flagship chip that puts Qualcomm, for the first time, in genuine head-to-head competition with Apple's best, thanks to a radical step forward in CPU, graphics and imaging. Take care not to confuse it with the weaker Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 when buying.
- +CPU performance that takes on the Apple A19 Pro directly and beats it in multitasking
- +An upgraded GPU with desktop-class features (ray tracing, Unreal Engine 5)
- +The first phone chip to support the professional APV video codec
- −Inconsistent thermal behaviour during very long gaming sessions
- −Easily confused with the weaker and completely different "Snapdragon 8 Gen 5"
- −The exact TOPS figure for the AI engine is not fully disclosed
Full specifications
| Apple A19 Pro Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| التصنيع | ||
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3 nm (TSMC N3P) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 25 September 2025 |
| Availability | Available | Available |
| المعالج المركزي | ||
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Oryon Gen 3 Prime at 4.6 GHz + 6× Oryon Gen 3 Performance at 3.62 GHz — no separate efficiency cores |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 4.6 GHz |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv9, 64-bit |
| الرسوميات والذكاء الاصطناعي | ||
| GPU | Apple A19 Pro GPU — six cores (five in the iPhone Air) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno 840 |
| GPU clock | ~1620 MHz | No exact figure announced by Qualcomm |
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine (plus neural accelerators in every GPU core) | Hexagon NPU (37% faster than the previous generation, supports agentic AI and the Qualcomm Sensing Hub) |
| AI performance | ~45 TOPS (an estimate; Apple publishes no official figure) | ~100 TOPS approximately (a not fully confirmed estimate, versus 40–45 TOPS in the previous generation) |
| الذاكرة والاتصال | ||
| Supported RAM | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max RAM | 9600MT/s | 5300 MHz (bandwidth up to 84.8 GB/s) |
| Supported storage | NVMe (custom Apple storage) | UFS 4.1 |
| Modem | Snapdragon X80 (17 Pro/Pro Max), andApple C1X (iPhone Air) | Snapdragon X85, theoretical download up to 12.5 Gbps and upload up to 3.7 Gbps |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 7 (power savings of up to 40%) |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| نتائج الاختبارات | ||
| AnTuTu | ~2,600,000 (iOS — not directly comparable with Android) | ~4,033,382 (with some independent tests at ~3.7 million and above) |
| Geekbench single-core | ~3,900 | Roughly matches the Apple A19 Pro (no unified precise official figures published) |
| Geekbench multi-core | ~11,000 (on the iPhone 17 Pro Max) | Beats the Apple A19 Pro by up to 21% in independent tests |
| مميزات إضافية | ||
| Key features | Vapour-chamber cooling (Pro/Pro Max), Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), hardware ray tracing, ProRes RAW support, the N1 networking chip | The first chip with the professional APV video codec, cameras up to 320 MP, 4K@120fps video and 1080p@480fps slow motion, display support up to 240Hz (QHD+) or 4K@120Hz, and full Unreal Engine 5, ray tracing and mesh shading support |
| Phones using it | iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max, iPhone Air | Xiaomi 17/17 Pro/17 Pro Max, OnePlus 15, iQOO 15, Honor Magic V6, Oppo Find X9 Ultra, Oppo Find N6, Vivo X300 Ultra/Pro, RedMagic 11 Pro/11S Pro, Realme GT8 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S26 (expected early 2026) |
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