Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1. 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 Plus Gen 1

1051135

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

1735

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

1303

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

4109

Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

4143

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder	1x 3.2 GHz – Cortex-X2 (Kryo Prime) 3x 2.75 GHz – Cortex-A710 (Kryo Gold) 4x 2 GHz – Cortex-A510 (Kryo Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv9-A
Lithography	7 nm	4 nm
Number of transistors	8500 million
TDP	6 Watt	6 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 16 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR5
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	3200 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 3.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 3	Adreno 730
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 700
GPU frequency	1350 MHz	900 MHz
Execution units	4	3
Shaders	256	768
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160@60Hz
Max camera resolution		1x 200MP, 1x 64MP + 1x 36MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	8K@30fps
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	10 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS NavIC QZSS