Apple A8 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 625: What is the difference?

Has integrated LTE

✔

Apple A8

✔

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

The system on a chip (SoC) has an integrated LTE cellular chip. LTE is capable of downloading at faster speeds than older, 3G technology.

download speed

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A8)

300MBits/s

The download speed is a measurement of the internet connection bandwidth, representing the maximum data transfer rate at which a device can access online content.

upload speed

Unknown. Help us by suggesting a value. (Apple A8)

150MBits/s

The upload speed is a measurement of the internet connection bandwidth, representing the maximum data transfer rate at which a device can send information to a server or another device.

Has TrustZone

✔

Apple A8 (Apple Cyclone)

✔

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 ( ARM Cortex-A53

A technology integrated into the processor to secure the device for use with features such as mobile payments and streaming video using digital rights management (DRM).

uses multithreading

✖

Apple A8

✖

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625

Multithreading technology (such as Intel’s Hyperthreading or AMD’s Simultaneous Multithreading) provides increased performance by splitting each of the processor’s physical cores into virtual cores, also known as threads. This way, each core can run two instruction streams at once.

Has NX bit

✔

Apple A8 (Apple Cyclone)

✔

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 ( ARM Cortex-A53

NX bit helps protect the computer from malicious attacks.

bits executed at a time

128 (Apple Cyclone)

128 (ARM Cortex-A53)

NEON provides acceleration for media processing, such as listening to MP3s.

Has AES

✔

Apple A8 (Apple Cyclone)

✔

Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 ( ARM Cortex-A53

AES is used to speed up encryption and decryption.

VFP version

4 (Apple Cyclone)

4 (ARM Cortex-A53)

Vector Floating-Point (VFP) is used by the processor to deliver increased performance in areas such as digital imaging.