Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 vs Apple A13 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 685, vs Apple A13 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685 and Apple A13 Bionic
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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
348982
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
CPU116467181570
GPU43728312411
Memory109871147974
UX78916262862
NanoReview Score348982904817
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
641
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Stability99 %68 %
Graphics Test3 fps41 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
473
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
1510
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
File Compression100 MB/s147.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser39.7 pages/s87.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering59.8 MP/sec104.2 MP/sec
Background Blur3.44 frames/s14.3 frames/s
Photo Processing11 frames/s39.3 frames/s
Image Detection17 frames/s74 frames/s
HDR52 MP/sec125.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing2.76 MP/sec4.6 MP/sec

Games

Graphics in popular 3D games
PUBGPUBG Mobile n/a 57 FPS (Ultra)
CODCall of Duty: Mobile n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
FortniteFortnite n/a 60 FPS (High)
World of Tanks BlitzWorld of Tanks Blitz n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Mobile Legends: Bang BangGenshin Impact n/a 60 FPS (Ultra)
Genshin ImpactMobile Legends: Bang Bang n/a 59 FPS (Ultra)
Device n/a Apple iPhone 11 Pro (828x1792)

Processor

Architecture - 4x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A73
- 4x 1.9 GHz – Cortex-A53
- 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 2800 2650
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache n/a 8 MB
Process tech. 6 nm 7 nm
Transistor count n/a 8.5 billion
Power (TDP) n/a 6 W

Graphics

GPU specifications including architecture, frequency, compute units, and support for graphics APIs (Vulkan, OpenCL, DirectX).
GPU Model Adreno 610 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1260 MHz 1230 MHz
Execution Units 1 4
Shader Units 128 64
Total shader 128 256
FLOPS 322.6 GFLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.1 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12.1 n/a

AI Acceleration

Specifications of the neural processor (NPU / DSP) responsible for machine learning and AI acceleration tasks.
Artificial Intelligence Hexagon 686 Apple Neural Engine
GPU Frequency n/a 5 TOPS

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 2x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 17 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 8 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 2.2 NVMe
Max. resolution 2520x1080 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x108 pixels n/a
Video recording 1K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 1080p at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- VP8
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem X11 n/a
4G Support LTE Cat. 13 LTE Cat. 18
5G Support No No
Download speed Up to 390 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed Up to 150 MB/s Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 5 6
Bluetooth version 5.2 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced March, 2023 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Low end Flagship
Codename SM6225-AD n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A13 Bionic the clear winner in this comparison.

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