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Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 vs Apple A10 Fusion

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

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Compared fields 43
Different values 41
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A10 Fusion
  • Higher listed GPU clock
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
Architecture 1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X32x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7152x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A7103x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 2.34 GHz - Hurricane2x 1.05 GHz - Zephyr
CPU cores 8 4
Clock speed 3200 MHz 2340 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 16 nanometers
Transistors Not available 3.3 billion
TDP 6.3 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
L1 cache Not available 64 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 3 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 4 MB
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4
Memory frequency 4200 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit Not available
Maximum bandwidth 67.2 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 24 GB 3 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
GPU Adreno 740 PowerVR GT7600
GPU architecture Adreno 700 Rogue
GPU clock 680 MHz 900 MHz
Execution units 2 6
Shaders 768 196
FLOPS 2089 Gigaflops 115 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.0
OpenCL 2.0 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon No

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2048 x 1536
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - VP8 - VP9 H.264, H.265, VC-1, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 12
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 600 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3500 Mbps Up to 100 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 5
Bluetooth 5.3 4.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2Apple A10 Fusion
Release November 2022 September 2016
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8550-AB Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1, UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 56 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Retro

3.3
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
View details PDF
5G
Samsung W24 Flip
Samsung

Samsung W24 Flip

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 3700 mAh
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5G
Samsung W24
Samsung

Samsung W24

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1812…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
View details
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1848…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 11200 mAh
View details PDF
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+ WiFi

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
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5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9+

3.6
Tablet
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1752…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
View details

Apple A10 Fusion

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