Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 lags significantly behind Apple's A17 Bionic

The mobile tech community is buzzing with speculations about the forthcoming Apple A17 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipsets. Fresh leaks have provided insights into their configurations, with recent benchmark tests giving a comparative analysis of their performances. The Geekbench listing suggests that the performance of Apple's 3nm A17 Bionic chipset is particularly noteworthy.

Renowned tech expert @NaveenTechWala shared that the Apple A17 Bionic posted scores of 3269 and 7666 in single-core and multi-core tests respectively. In contrast, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, designed for the Galaxy with 1x Cortex-X4 and 5X Cortex-A720, recorded scores of 2223 for single-core and 6661 for multi-core. Evidently, Apple's A17 Bionic has showcased a 47% better performance in the single-core and a 15.1% rise in multi-core tests compared to Snapdragon 8 Gen 3.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 lags significantly behind Apple's A17 Bionic

The shift from a 4nm to a 3nm node has markedly enhanced performance, as observed in the Geekbench results. The Apple A17 further impressed in the graphics department with a score of 30669 in Geekbench's Compute Benchmark, showing significant progress from the previous iPhone 14 Pro's score of 23000 and an average iPhone 14 score of around 15000.

However, without a direct link to the Geekbench results, it's essential to approach this information with caution. In addition to the advanced features of the new 3nm Apple A17 Bionic, potential buyers should be prepared for a potential price hike for the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, given the probable increase in chipset production costs. The Geekbench findings also verified a clock speed of 3.7GHz, consistent with prior leaks.

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