Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2

Compared 2 processors: Apple A13 Bionic, vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Apple A13 Bionic and Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
Processor Performance
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Gaming Performance
Graphics and OpenCL/Vulkan tests
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
AnTuTu 10
AnTuTu 10
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1561620
CPU181570367514
GPU312411596874
Memory147974300073
UX262862297159
NanoReview Score9048171561620
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
13003
Stability68 %n/a
Graphics Test41 fps77 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
1991
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2
5299
File Compression147.7 MB/s210 MB/s
HTML5 Browser87.5 pages/s153.9 pages/s
PDF Rendering104.2 MP/sec153.3 MP/sec
Background Blur14.3 frames/s17.1 frames/s
Photo Processing39.3 frames/s51.9 frames/s
Image Detection74 frames/s128.6 frames/s
HDR125.4 MP/sec159.7 MP/sec
Ray Tracing4.6 MP/sec5.92 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile 57 FPS (Ultra) 90 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS (Ultra) 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite 60 FPS (High) 56 FPS (Ultra)
Shadow LegendsShadowgun Legends n/a 118 FPS (Ultra)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS (Ultra) 120 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact 60 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang 59 FPS (Ultra) 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device Apple iPhone 11 Pro (828x1792) ZTE Nubia Red Magic 8 Pro (1116x2480)

Processor

Architecture - 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
- 1/3.2 (Cortex-X3)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A715)
- 2/2.8 (Cortex-A710)
- 3/2 (Cortex-A510)
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 6 8
Frequency 2650 3200
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv9-A
L1 cache 128 KB n/a
L2 cache 8 MB 1 MB
L3 Cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 7 nm 4 nm
Transistor count 8.5 billion 16 billion
Power (TDP) 6 W 8.5 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Apple A13 GPU Adreno 740
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Adreno 700
GPU Frequency 1230 MHz 680 MHz
Execution Units 4 3
Shader Units 64 512
Total shader 256 1536
FLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS 2089 GFLOPS
Vulkan n/a 1.3
OpenCL n/a 2.0
DirectX n/a 12.1

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Apple Neural Engine Hexagon
GPU Frequency 5 TOPS n/a

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR5X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 4200 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 34.1 Gbit/s 67.2 Gbit/s
Max RAM 4 GB 24 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type NVMe - UFS 3.1
- UFS 4.0
Max. resolution 2688x1242 pixels 3840x2160 pixels
Camera n/a 1x200 pixels
Video recording 4K at 60FPS 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video quality 4K at 60FPS 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
- H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP8
- VP9
Audio codecs - AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem n/a Snapdragon X70
4G Support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G Support No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 MB/s Up to 10000 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 350 MB/s Up to 3500 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 6 7
Bluetooth version 5.0 5.3
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- SBAS
- NAVIC

Other

Announced September, 2019 yr November, 2022 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename n/a SM8550-AB

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 the clear winner in this comparison.

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