Apple's Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs. A17 Pro: Both have ray tracing, but which one is better?

Still buzzing about Qualcomm’s exclusive report on the upcoming Snapdragon 8 Gen 3? Well, here's how the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs. A17 Pro compares: Both powerful chips come with ray tracing support, but which one best suits your needs?

Apple is proud that its latest chips can power games like Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 7 once ported to iOS, but Qualcomm's new AI wonders do have their Very own ray tracing support.

"Advanced camera and audio technologies enable crystal-clear video and crystal-clear audio. Powerful AI-accelerated experiences and enterprise-grade security enable modern mobile PCs," the company said at the Snapdragon Summit today boasted in an official announcement ahead of the event.

Looks like we're in for an exciting comparison. So, how powerful is the A17 Pro compared to the new Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, based on benchmarks and other metrics like Wi-Fi and memory support? Let's dive in (shout out to Geekbench for the benchmark scores).

Snapdragon 8th Generation 3 vs. A17 Pro: Main Comparison

##Snapdragon 8 3rd GenerationA17 Professional EditionCPU: 3.78GHz Wi-Fi and BluetoothWireless? Fi 6E, Bluetooth 5.3##Benchmark scoreGraphicsVideo Capture and PlaybackMemoryWhen you are in the market for a new Which one should you pay attention to when installing the device? It all depends on your needs. Let us speculate. Apple's exclusivity may support the A17 in this matter. Snapdragon will soon have its own closed ecosystem called Snapdragon Seamless. From the looks of it, we're going to see a lot of crossover between devices from some of the biggest Android device manufacturers, so you'll be able to easily share files between them, especially now that we're going to have Windows Copilot AI assistant tool.

##Type
	Clock Speed : 3 GHzArchitecture : 64-bitNumber of Cores: 8 # #Clock Speed	Architecture: 64-bit Number of Cores: 6
Wireless 7, Bluetooth 5.3
7494 (multi-core), 2207 (single-core, tested on Xiaomi 14)7,024 (multi-core), 2846 (single-core, tested on iPhone 15 Pro Max)
Qualcomm Adrenaline 750 @ 770 MHzApple A17 Pro GPU with 6 cores @ 1398 MHz
8K 60K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS4 frames/second
LP-DDR5x @ 4800 MHz , up to 24 GB @ 64 Gbit/sLPDDR5 @ 3200 MHz, up to 8 GB @ 51.2 Gbit/s

As you can see on the table, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 has slightly better Wi-Fi support and is a step ahead of the A17 Pro (Wi-Fi 7 vs. Wi-Fi 6E). Qualcomm's latest also has advantages when it comes to memory support and video capture and playback.

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