Fossil Gen 6 (42mm) vs Apple Watch Series 8 SS (41mm)

Fossil Gen 6 (42mm) $299
Apple Watch Series 8 SS (41mm) $699
Base Price (MSRP)
$299
Base Price (MSRP)
$699
CPU
Snapdragon Wear 4100+
CPU
S8
GPU
Adreno 504
GPU
S8
Memory
1GB
Memory
1GB
Storage
8GB
Storage
32GB
Display
1.3" AMOLED 416x416 Touch
Display
1.7" LTPO OLED 430x352 Touch
Snapdragon Wear 4100+
5 Cores
5 Threads
2GHz Clock
S8
2 Cores
2 Threads
1.8GHz Clock
Adreno 504
48 Shaders
400MHz
Shared Memory
S8
128 Shaders
675MHz
Shared Memory
38 GFLOPS FP32
0%
173 GFLOPS FP32
0%
1GB
1GB
8GB
32GB
1.3"
AMOLED
-
1.7"
LTPO OLED
Always On
-
1,000 Nits Peak
60Hz
-
60Hz
Variable
416x416
0.2 Million Pixels
326 PPI
430x352
0.2 Million Pixels
329 PPI
-
1,000,000:1 Contrast
Touch
Capacitive
Touch
Capacitive
No Biometrics
No Biometrics
1
1
1
1
No Cellular
Cellular
Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
1 Stream
Up to 72Mbps
Wi-Fi 4E (802.11n)
1 Stream
Up to 150Mbps
Bluetooth 5.0
Bluetooth 5.3
Motion
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Altimeter
Motion
Accelerometer
Gyroscope
Altimeter
Health
Optical Heart
-
Blood Oxygen
-
Health
Optical Heart
Electrical Heart
Blood Oxygen
Skin Temperature
Utility
Proximity
Ambient Light
-
Utility
Proximity
Ambient Light
Crash Detection
Communication
NFC
-
Communication
NFC
Ultra-Wideband Chip
Location
GPS
-
-
-
-
Compass
Location
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
QZSS
Beidou
Compass
Integrated Chipset
Integrated Chipset
External
External
1.2Wh
300mAh
3.85V
Lithium-Ion
1.1Wh
282mAh
3.85V
Lithium-Ion
Up to 24 Hours
Up to 18 Hours
Charge Time
30 min 80%
Charge Time
45 min 80%
WearOS
watchOS
Build Material
Stainless Steel, Glass
-
Up to 30m Water Resistant
Build Material
Stainless Steel, Sapphire
IP6X
Up to 50m Water Resistant
Proprietary Wireless Charging
Proprietary Wireless Charging
Height
42 mm (1.7 in)
Width
Unknown
Depth
Unknown
Volume
Unknown
Height
41 mm (1.6 in)
Width
35 mm (1.4 in)
Depth
10.7 mm (0.4 in)
Volume
0.015 L
Weight
75 g (2.65 oz)
Weight
42 g (1.48 oz)
CPU
Not Upgradable
CPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
GPU
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Memory
Not Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Storage
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Wi-Fi
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Motherboard
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
Power Supply
Not Upgradable
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