Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs A17 Pro Bionic: Which Chip Has Superior Performance?

Editorial, CNBC Indonesia

Tech

Tuesday, 10/24/2023 21:20 IWST

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – The A17 Pro Bionic, which is the ‘innards’ of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max, is claimed to be the chip with the fiercest performance at the moment. However, the challenger will soon arrive.

None other than Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 from Qualcomm. This chip will be a mainstay in premium Android smartphones released from the end of 2023 to 2024.

One of them, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 is predicted to be used on the Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra which will launch early next year. So far, the Galaxy flagship has always been compared to the iPhone Pro Max series.

So, between the A17 Pro Bionic and Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which one has superior performance?

According to leaked test results on the Geekbench benchmark site, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 collected more scores than the A17 Pro Bionic in the multi-core test, namely 7494 versus 7288.

However, the A17 Pro Bionic is superior when tested single-core. The score is 2846 compared to the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 which collected a score of 2207.

Quoted from PhoneArenaTuesday (24/10/2023), the smartphone used to test Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 on Geekbench was the Xiaomi 14.

According to previous leaks, the Xiaomi 14 will indeed be the first cellphone to use the latest chip.

The Xiaomi 14 used has a RAM capacity of 16GB. Meanwhile, testing the A17 Pro Bionic using the iPhone 15 Pro Max.

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has 1 CPU core with a speed of 3.30GHz, 3 performance CPU cores with a speed of 3.15GHz, 2 performance CPU cores with a speed of 2.96GHz, and 2 efficiency CPU cores with a speed of 2.27GHz.

Meanwhile, the A17 Pro Bionic has 6 performance CPU cores with a speed of 3.78GHz and 2 efficiency CPU cores with a speed of 2.11GHz.

In theory, it’s quite surprising that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 can beat the A17 Pro Bionic. The reason is, the iPhone 15 Pro chip was built by TSMC with 3nm manufacturing. Meanwhile, Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is also built by TSMC, still uses 4nm manufacturing.

With smaller transistors on the 3nm process, the A17 Pro Bionic should be able to beat the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. Its efficiency should also be higher.

However, there are other factors that determine Geekbench scores. For example, how resistant the device is to hot temperatures. Indeed, the score results on benchmark testing sites cannot be used as the main benchmark for determining the quality of a cellphone. However, at least this can be an illustration and consideration when buying a cellphone according to your needs.

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