# Early benchmarks suggest the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC is as powerful as the Apple A15 Bionic

URL: https://technosports.co.in/early-benchmarks-suggest-the-snapdragon-8-gen-1-soc-is-as-powerful-as-the-apple-a15-bionic/  
Published: 2021-12-10  
Updated: 2021-12-10  
Author: Raunak Saha

[Apple](https://technosports.co.in/?s=apple) launched the [A15 Bionic](https://technosports.co.in/?s=apple+A15+Bionic) chip earlier this September with the [iPhone 13](https://technosports.co.in/?s=iphone+13) family as it usually does, but we are yet to see Qualcomm’s competing solution, the[Snapdragon 8 Gen 1](https://technosports.co.in/?s=snapdragon+8+gen+1).

Early benchmark results are now out and they suggest that the hype around the new SoC’s new Adreno GPU may be justified.

Renowned tipster [IceUniverse](https://twitter.com/UniverseIce/status/1468434328359424000) shared a couple of screenshots displaying how Apple’s A15 Bionic and the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 are trading blows in multiple GPU tests.

There has been no statistically meaningful difference in the GFXBench T Rex offscreen test but in the Manhattan offscreen ES 3.0 test, Qualcomm’s contender got 267 frames, nearly 24% higher than Apple silicon.

- ![](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gsmarena_003-1-2.jpg)
- ![](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gsmarena_002-6.jpg)
- ![](https://technosports.co.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/gsmarena_001-2-1.jpg)

In the 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited run, though, the Snapdragon got a 12% lower score.

This is the first time in a while that Qualcomm’s chip may be able to match Apple’s hardware and even beat it in terms of sheer processing power.

But of course, there is a need for more tests to say for sure if the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 chip will beat Apple for the first place as the best chipset.

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