Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G

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 maximum CPU clock
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 780G
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 1x 2.4 GHz - Kryo 670 Prime (Cortex-A78)3x 2.2 GHz - Kryo 670 Gold (Cortex-A78)4x 1.9 GHz - Kryo 670 Silver (Cortex-A55)
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A Not available
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W 5 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 780G
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB 2 MB
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 12 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 780G
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Adreno 642
GPU architecture Not available Adreno 600
GPU clock Not available 490 MHz
Execution units 4 2
Shaders Not available 384
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Hexagon 770

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 780G
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 3360 x 1600
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 192MP, 2x 20MP
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 780G
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 24
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 210 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 780G
Release September 2019 March 2021
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available SM7350-AB
Storage support NVMe UFS 3.0
Devices in database Not available 3
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 780G

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