Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus. 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
1x 3.1 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A77 (Kryo 585 Gold)
4x 1.80 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 585 Silver)
Number of cores 6 8
Instruction Set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Lithography 7 nm 7 nm
Number of transistors 8500 million
TDP 6 Watt 10 Watt
Neural Processing NPU Qualcomm Hexagon 698

Memory (RAM)

Max amount up to 4 GB up to 16 GB
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2750 MHz
Memory-bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit

Storage

Storage specification NVMe

Graphics

GPU name Apple gen. 3 Adreno 650
GPU Architecture Apple GPU Adreno 600
GPU frequency 1350 MHz 670 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders 256 512
DirectX 12
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, 2x 25MP
Max Video Capture 4K@60fps 8K@30fps, 4K@120fps
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 7.5 Gbps
Peak Upload Speed 0.35 Gbps 3 Gbps
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) 6 (802.11ax)
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Satellite navigation BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
BeiDou
GPS
Galileo
GLONASS
NavIC
QZSS
SBAS

Supplemental Information

Launch Date 2019 Quarter 3 2020 Quarter 3
Partnumber APL1W85 SM8250-AB
Vertical Segment Mobiles Mobiles
Positioning Flagship Flagship

AnTuTu 10

Total Score
A13 Bionic
885295
Snapdragon 865 Plus
643857

GeekBench 6 Single-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
1735
Snapdragon 865 Plus
909

GeekBench 6 Multi-Core

Score
A13 Bionic
4109
Snapdragon 865 Plus
3418