Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 685. Compare, analyze the specifications. Find out their scores in popular benchmarks (AnTuTu 10, GeekBench 6 Single-Core, GeekBench 6 Multi-Core) and who is the winner?

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder
4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 265 Gold)
4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 265 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
Lithography 7 nm 6 nm
Number of transistors 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt
Neural Processing NPU NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 8 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 2x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe UFS 2.2

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 3 Adreno 610
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1350 MHz 950 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 128
DirectX 12
OpenGL API ES 3.2
Vulkan API 1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 2520x1080
Max camera resolution 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps FullHD@60fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.2 Gbps 0.39 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 3 2023 Quarter 1
Partnumber APL1W85 SM6225-AD
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Low-end

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A13 Bionic
885295
Snapdragon 685
276375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
1735
Snapdragon 685
373

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
4109
Snapdragon 685
1597