Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 632 vs Apple A13 Bionic

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

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

Detailed comparison

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 632Apple A13 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 1920 x 1200 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 40MP, 2x 13MP Not available
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9 H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 632Apple A13 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 7 LTE Cat. 18
5G No No
Download speed Up to 300 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 150 Mbps Up to 220 Mbps
Wi-Fi 5 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

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