Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4) vs Apple A13 Bionic

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

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CPU A

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

8 cores 4320 MHz 3 nanometers Adreno 830

CPU B

6 cores 2660 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A13 Bionic GPU

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Different values 37

Quick factual highlights

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)

Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)	Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture	2x 4.32 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix L)6x 3.53 GHz - Oryon (Phoenix M)	2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores	8	6
Clock speed	4320 MHz	2660 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv9.2-A	ARMv8.4-A
Process technology	3 nanometers	7 nanometers
Transistors	Not available	8.5 billion
TDP	8.2 W	6 W

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)	Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache	Not available	832 KB
L2 cache	12 MB	12 MB
Memory type	LPDDR5X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	5333 MHz	Not available
Memory bus	2x 32 Bit	2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	85.4 Gbit/s	Not available
Maximum memory	24 GB	4 GB

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)	Apple A13 Bionic
GPU	Adreno 830	Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture	Adreno 800	Not available
GPU clock	1100 MHz	Not available
Execution units	Not available	4
Shaders	768	Not available
FLOPS	3379.2 Gigaflops	736 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.3	1.1
OpenCL	3.0	2.1
DirectX	12.1	12.1
Neural processor / NPU	Hexagon	Yes, Neural Engine

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)	Apple A13 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	3840 x 2540	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	1x 320MP	Not available
Video capture	8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	8K at 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	- H.264 - H.265 - AV1 - 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+

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite (Gen 4)	Apple A13 Bionic
4G	LTE Cat. 24	LTE Cat. 18
5G	Yes	No
Download speed	Up to 10000 Mbps	Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 3500 Mbps	Up to 220 Mbps
Wi-Fi	7	6
Bluetooth	6.0	5.0
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo