Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 685

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 38
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher listed download speed
Qualcomm Snapdragon 685
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 4x 2.8 GHz - Cortex-A734x 1.9 GHz - Cortex-A53
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2800 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A ARMv8.2-A
Process technology 7 nanometers 6 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 2x 16 Bit
Maximum bandwidth Not available 17 Gbit/s
Maximum memory 4 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Adreno 610
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 600
GPU clock Not available 1260 MHz
Execution units 4 Not available
Shaders Not available 128
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops 319.2 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Hexagon 686

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2520 x 1080
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 108MP, 2x 16MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 1K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 1080p at 60FPS
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+ - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 13
5G No No
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 390 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 150 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 685
Release September 2019 March 2023
Class Flagship Low end
Model number Not available SM6225-AD
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 9
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 685

4G
Oppo Reno12 FS 4G
Oppo

Oppo Reno12 FS 4G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
4G
Oppo Reno12 F 4G
Oppo

Oppo Reno12 F 4G

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9a WiFi
Honor

Honor Pad X9a WiFi

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor Pad X9a
Honor

Honor Pad X9a

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1504 × 2508 pix…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X8c
Honor

Honor X8c

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2412 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
Honor Pad X9 Pro
Honor

Honor Pad X9 Pro

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 8300 mAh
4G
Honor X7c 4G
Honor

Honor X7c 4G

3.2
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 720 × 1610 pixe…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Po 6000 mAh
Honor Pad X9
Honor

Honor Pad X9

3.2
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1200 × 2000 pix…
RAM
4 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7250 mAh