Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 835

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. 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 835

308375

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

1735

Snapdragon 835

383

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score

A13 Bionic

4109

Snapdragon 835

1694

CPU cores and architecture

Architecture	2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.72 GHz – Thunder	4x 2.45 GHz – Cortex-A73 (Kryo 280 Gold) 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53 (Kryo 280 Silver)
Number of cores	6	8
Instruction Set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv8-A
Lithography	7 nm	10 nm
Number of transistors	8500 million	3000 million
TDP	6 Watt	9 Watt
Neural Processing	NPU	Qualcomm Hexagon 682

Memory (RAM)

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

Storage

Storage specification

NVMe

UFS 2.1

Graphics

GPU name	Apple gen. 3	Adreno 540
GPU Architecture	Apple GPU	Qualcomm Adreno 500
GPU frequency	1350 MHz	740 MHz
Execution units	4	2
Shaders	256	384
DirectX		12
OpenCL API		2.0
OpenGL API		ES 3.2
Vulkan API		1.1

Camera, Video, Display

Max screen resolution	2688x1242	3840x2160
Max camera resolution		1x 32MP, 2x 16MP
Max Video Capture	4K@60fps	4K@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	1 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed	0.35 Gbps	0.15 Gbps
Wi-Fi	6 (802.11ax)	5 (802.11ac)
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Satellite navigation	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS	BeiDou GPS Galileo GLONASS QZSS