Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 vs Apple A13 Bionic

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4, vs Apple A13 Bionic. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 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 8s Gen 4
2082208
Apple A13 Bionic
904817
CPU475806181570
GPU881311312411
Memory390065147974
UX335026262862
NanoReview Score2082208904817
3DMark Wild Life
3DMark Wild Life
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
n/a
Apple A13 Bionic
6872
Stabilityn/a68 %
Graphics Testn/a41 fps
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
2154
Apple A13 Bionic
1748
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4
6880
Apple A13 Bionic
4161
File Compression293.2 MB/s147.7 MB/s
HTML5 Browser196.7 pages/s87.5 pages/s
PDF Rendering221.6 MP/sec104.2 MP/sec
Background Blur24.1 frames/s14.3 frames/s
Photo Processing63.9 frames/s39.3 frames/s
Image Detection154.6 frames/s74 frames/s
HDR217.4 MP/sec125.4 MP/sec
Ray Tracing8.01 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 - 1x 3.21 GHz – Cortex-X4
- 3x 3 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.8 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.02 GHz – Cortex-A720
- 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
- 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Process TSMC TSMC
Cores count 8 6
Frequency 3210 2650
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache n/a 128 KB
L2 cache 6 MB 8 MB
Process tech. 4 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 825 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 800 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU Frequency 1150 MHz 1230 MHz
Execution Units 2 4
Shader Units 512 64
Total shader 1024 256
FLOPS 2355.2 GFLOPS 629.8 GFLOPS
Vulkan 1.3 n/a
OpenCL 2.0 n/a
DirectX 12 n/a

AI Acceleration

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

Memory

RAM
Memory Type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory Frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x16 bit 4x16 bit
Bandwidth 76.8 Gbit/s 34.1 Gbit/s
Max RAM 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia

GPU, ISP capabilities, display and camera support, as well as audio and video codec compatibility.
Memory Type UFS 4.0 NVMe
Max. resolution 3840x2160 pixels 2688x1242 pixels
Camera 1x320 pixels n/a
Video recording 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video quality 8K at 60FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- VP9
- H.264
- H.265
- Motion JPEG
Audio codecs - AAC
- AIFF
- CAF
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- AAC
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

4G Support n/a LTE Cat. 18
5G Support Yes No
Download speed Up to 4200 MB/s Up to 1200 MB/s
Upload speed n/a Up to 350 MB/s
Wi-Fi version 7 6
Bluetooth version 6.0 5.0
Navigation - GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo
- QZSS
- NAVIC
- GPS
- GLONASS
- Beidou
- Galileo

Other

Announced April, 2025 yr September, 2019 yr
Class Flagship Flagship
Codename SM8735 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Qualcomm Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 the clear winner in this comparison.

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