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Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 632

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

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Compared fields 40
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Qualcomm Snapdragon 632
  • More CPU cores
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Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 4x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Gold (Cortex-A734x 1.8 GHz - Kryo 250 Silver (Cortex-A53)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 1800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 14 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion 2 billion
TDP 6 W 7 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR3
Memory frequency Not available 933 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum memory 4 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Adreno 506
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 500
GPU clock Not available 725 MHz
Execution units 4 1
Shaders Not available 96
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 124.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.0
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Hexagon 546

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 1920 x 1200
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP
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, VP8, 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 632
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 7
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 300 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 632
Release September 2019 June 2018
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available SDM632
Storage support NVMe eMMC 5.1
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