Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

Compared fields 41
Different values 37
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 4x 2.2 GHz - Cortex-A784x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2200 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 4 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR5
Memory frequency Not available 2750 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 22 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Adreno 710
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 700
GPU clock Not available 676 MHz
Execution units 4 Not available
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 346.1 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 200MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG - H.264 - H.265 - VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ - AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 2900 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 1600 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1
Release September 2019 September 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available SM6450
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 1

5G
Oppo A5 2025
Oppo

Oppo A5 2025

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6500 mAh
5G
Oppo Reno13 F 5G
Oppo

Oppo Reno13 F 5G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
OLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixels…
RAM
12 GB, 8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5800 mAh
5G
Honor Magic7 Lite
Honor

Honor Magic7 Lite

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X9c
Honor

Honor X9c

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Si-Car 6600 mAh
5G
Honor X60 Pro
Honor

Honor X60 Pro

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1224 × 2700 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6600 mAh