Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 870

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Which processor is better? We compared Apple A13 Bionic with Qualcomm Snapdragon 870. 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 3.20 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

UFS 3.1

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
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