Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3. 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?

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A13 Bionic
885295
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
1735
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2197

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
4109
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7319

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
Number of cores 6 1
Instruction Set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 4 nm
Number of transistors 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt 8 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 24 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 4800 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 3 Adreno 750
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency 1350 MHz 1000 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 1536
DirectX 12.1
OpenCL API 2.0
Vulkan API 1.3

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution 2688x1242 3840x2160
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@30fps
Video codec support H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
AV1
H.264 (AVC)
H.265 (HEVC)
VP8
VP9

Wireless

4G network Yes Yes
5G network Yes Yes
Peak Download Speed 1.2 Gbps 10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 7 (802.11be)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.4
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 3 2023 Quarter 4
Partnumber APL1W85 SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship