Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs Apple A13 Bionic

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

Compared fields 43
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • More CPU cores
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
  • Smaller manufacturing process
  • Higher listed download speed
Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.5 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 1.8 GHz - Cortex-A510 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3000 MHz 2660 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
Process technology 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistors Not available 8.5 billion
TDP Not available 6 W

Cache and memory

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 832 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 12 MB
L3 cache 6 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 51.2 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 24 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
GPU Adreno 730 Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture Adreno 700 Not available
GPU clock 818 MHz Not available
Execution units 3 4
Shaders 768 Not available
FLOPS 2236 Gigaflops 736 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon Yes, Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
Maximum display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution 1x 200MP Not available
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
4G LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G Yes No
Download speed Up to 2500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 316 Mbps Up to 220 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1Apple A13 Bionic
Release December 2021 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 Not available
Storage support UFS 3.1 NVMe
Devices in database 19 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra

3.6
Tablet
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1848 × 2960…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 11200 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+

3.6
Tablet
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1752 × 2800…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8

3.6
Tablet
Display
LTPS TFT 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1600 × 2560 pixe…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 8000 mAh
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra WiFi
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra WiFi

3.6
Tablet
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1848 × 2960…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 11200 mAh
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ WiFi
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy Tab S8+ WiFi

3.6
Tablet
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1752 × 2800…
RAM
8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 10090 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Oppo Find X5 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Find X5 Pro

3.0
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3216 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo X80 Pro
Vivo

Vivo X80 Pro

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3200 pixe…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 4700 mAh

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.