Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
There are 8 key differences between Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks.
Key differences
| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3 nm (TSMC) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 21 October 2024 |
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Oryon Prime at 4.32 GHz + 6× Oryon Performance at 3.53 GHz ("for Galaxy" version: 4.47 and 3.63 GHz) — no separate efficiency cores |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 4.32 GHz (4.47 in version Galaxy) |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit (not ARMv9 as sometimes assumed) |
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno 830 |
Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
Read the full review →Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
An exceptional flagship chip and a real turning point in Qualcomm's design, with first-class multitasking and graphics performance. Do check the cooling system of the specific phone to make sure performance holds up over long sessions.
- +A radical CPU re-engineering with all-powerful Oryon cores
- +Exceptional multitasking performance in benchmarks
- +A GPU built on an all-new sliced architecture
- −A noticeable drop in thermal stability during very long gaming sessions
- −Qualcomm does not disclose the exact TOPS figure for the AI engine
- −The ARMv8.2-A architecture lacks some accelerators rivals have
Full specifications
| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| التصنيع | ||
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3 nm (TSMC) |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | 21 October 2024 |
| Availability | Available | Available |
| المعالج المركزي | ||
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | 2× Oryon Prime at 4.32 GHz + 6× Oryon Performance at 3.53 GHz ("for Galaxy" version: 4.47 and 3.63 GHz) — no separate efficiency cores |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | 4.32 GHz (4.47 in version Galaxy) |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | ARMv8.2-A, 64-bit (not ARMv9 as sometimes assumed) |
| الرسوميات والذكاء الاصطناعي | ||
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno 830 |
| GPU clock | ~1620 MHz | ~1.1 GHz |
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine (plus neural accelerators in every GPU core) | Hexagon NPU (supports personalisation, multimodal processing and running local language models) |
| AI performance | ~45 TOPS (an estimate; Apple publishes no official figure) | Not officially announced by Qualcomm |
| الذاكرة والاتصال | ||
| Supported RAM | LPDDR5X | LPDDR5X |
| Max RAM | 8533MT/s | No exact figure announced by Qualcomm |
| Supported storage | NVMe (custom Apple storage) | UFS 4.0 |
| Modem | Apple C1X (iPhone 17e) and a Qualcomm modem (iPhone 17) | Snapdragon X80, theoretical download up to 10 Gbps and upload up to 3.5 Gbps |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | Wi-Fi 7 (via FastConnect 7900) |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| نتائج الاختبارات | ||
| AnTuTu | ~2,200,000 (iOS — not directly comparable with Android) | ~2,750,000 – 2,810,000 |
| Geekbench single-core | ~3,700 | ~3,033 – 3,184 |
| Geekbench multi-core | ~9,250 | ~9,271 – 10,105 |
| مميزات إضافية | ||
| Key features | Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), neural accelerators in the GPU, graphite cooling (iPhone 17), the N1 networking chip, Apple Intelligence support | Camera support up to 320 MP, Snapdragon Elite Gaming features (Adaptive Performance Engine, Game Super Resolution), and fairly consistent performance under sustained load (74–77% in 15–60-minute tests) |
| Phones using it | iPhone 17, iPhone 17e | Realme GT7 Pro, Xiaomi 15 series, OnePlus 13, iQOO 13, Samsung Galaxy S25 series (version "for Galaxy") |
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