Are APA102 strips more resource intensive than WS2812B strips or other types of strips?

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Are APA102 strips more resource intensive than WS2812B strips or other types of strips?

I tried Apa102 with Arduino Nano and the code didnt run fully. I had this issue:
https://plus.google.com/105509168812847732602/posts/FG9SsreuALQ

but running the same code, (DemoReel) with WS2812B on Arduino Nano worked. It also worked when I used Arduino Mega with Apa102 strips.

Also, I believe I have a faulty APA102 strip which creates a lot of issues, one of them I mentioned here so I’m wondering if its my strip or general apa102’s:
https://plus.google.com/105509168812847732602/posts/ZZFrsQ3vACL

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Im not sure how FastLED stores DATA for the APA102 pixel, but when writing to the LEDs you generaly need 1+N_numberofPixels+1 frames @ 4 Bytes per frame for APA102. Whilst for the 2812 you only need N_numberofPixels frames @ 3 byts per frame…