Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 820

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 820. 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 820

241750

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

1735

Snapdragon 820

318

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

4109

Snapdragon 820

798

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder	2x 2.15 GHz – Kryo 2x 1.6 GHz – Kryo
Number of cores	6	4
Instruction Set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Number of transistors	8500 million
TDP	6 Watt	11 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 680

Memory (RAM)

Max amount	up to 4 GB	up to 8 GB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	1866 MHz
Memory-bus	4x16 bit	2x32 bit

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.0

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 3	Adreno 530
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1350 MHz	620 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	256
DirectX		11.2
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.0

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 28MP, 2x 13MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@30fps
Video codec support	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)	H.264 (AVC) H.265 (HEVC)

Wireless

4G network	Yes	Yes
5G network	Yes	Yes
Peak Download Speed	1.2 Gbps	0.6 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	4.1
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS SBAS