Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks vs Snapdragon 8 Elite Customized for Galaxy Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
There are 8 key differences between Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks and Snapdragon 8 Elite Customized for Galaxy Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks.
Key differences
| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Snapdragon 8 Elite Customized for Galaxy Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm (Samsung-exclusive) |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3nm |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | December 2025 |
| Availability | Available | Exclusive to one phone model |
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | Oryon (first generation) |
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno (customized for the original Elite tier) |
| Key features | Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), neural accelerators in the GPU, graphite cooling (iPhone 17), the N1 networking chip, Apple Intelligence support | Custom-tuned for running two displays in a tri-folding phone |
Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
Read the full review →Snapdragon 8 Elite Customized for Galaxy Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks
A special variant of the Snapdragon 8 Elite tuned for the power needs of the Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold, Samsung's first tri-folding phone.
- +Custom power tuning accounting for the tri-fold form factor.
- +Supports running two displays simultaneously efficiently.
- +Joint development with Samsung ensures precise device fit.
- −Based on the previous Snapdragon 8 Elite generation, not the newer Gen 5.
- −Exclusive to a single phone model as of this review.
Full specifications
| Apple A19 Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | Snapdragon 8 Elite Customized for Galaxy Chipset Review — Specifications and Benchmarks | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing | ||
| Manufacturer | Apple | Qualcomm (Samsung-exclusive) |
| Fabrication | TSMC — N3P (3nm, third generation) | 3nm |
| Announced | 9 September 2025 | December 2025 |
| Availability | Available | Exclusive to one phone model |
| CPU | ||
| CPU cores | 6 cores | 8 cores |
| Core configuration | Two performance cores + four efficiency cores (custom Apple cores) | — |
| Max clock | 4.26 GHz (performance cores) | — |
| Architecture | ARM 64-bit (custom Apple design, ARMv9 class) | Oryon (first generation) |
| Graphics & AI | ||
| GPU | Apple A19 GPU — five cores (four in the iPhone 17e) with neural accelerators in every core | Adreno (customized for the original Elite tier) |
| GPU clock | ~1620 MHz | — |
| NPU | 16-core Neural Engine (plus neural accelerators in every GPU core) | — |
| AI performance | ~45 TOPS (an estimate; Apple publishes no official figure) | — |
| Memory & connectivity | ||
| Supported RAM | LPDDR5X | — |
| Max RAM | 8533MT/s | — |
| Supported storage | NVMe (custom Apple storage) | — |
| Modem | Apple C1X (iPhone 17e) and a Qualcomm modem (iPhone 17) | — |
| 5G | Yes | Yes |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 7 | — |
| Bluetooth | 6.0 | — |
| Benchmarks | ||
| AnTuTu | ~2,200,000 (iOS — not directly comparable with Android) | — |
| Geekbench single-core | ~3,700 | — |
| Geekbench multi-core | ~9,250 | — |
| Extra features | ||
| Key features | Memory Integrity Enforcement (MIE), neural accelerators in the GPU, graphite cooling (iPhone 17), the N1 networking chip, Apple Intelligence support | Custom-tuned for running two displays in a tri-folding phone |
| Phones using it | iPhone 17, iPhone 17e | Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold |
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