Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs Apple A13 Bionic

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

Compared fields 42
Different values 40
Quick factual highlights
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
  • 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 3Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz - Cortex-X43x 3.15 GHz - Cortex-A7202x 2.96 GHz - Cortex-A7202x 2.27 GHz - Cortex-A520 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores 8 6
Clock speed 3300 MHz 2660 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-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 3Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache Not available 832 KB
L2 cache Not available 12 MB
L3 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz Not available
Memory bus 4x 16 Bit 2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth 77 Gbit/s Not available
Maximum memory 24 GB 4 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Apple A13 Bionic
GPU Adreno 750 Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU clock 770 MHz Not available
Execution units 2 4
Shaders 1536 Not available
FLOPS 4435.2 Gigaflops 736 Gigaflops
Vulkan 1.3 1.1
OpenCL 2.0 2.1
DirectX 12.1 12.1
Neural processor / NPU Hexagon Yes, Neural Engine

Display and media

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Apple 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 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+

Connectivity

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Apple 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 5.4 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3Apple A13 Bionic
Release October 2023 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8650-AB Not available
Storage support UFS 4.0 NVMe
Devices in database 9 Not available
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

5G
Samsung W25 Flip
Samsung

Samsung W25 Flip

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2640 p…
RAM
12 GB
Storage
512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4000 mAh
5G
Samsung W25
Samsung

Samsung W25

3.2
Smartphone
Display
Dynamic AMOLED 2X 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 4400 mAh
Oppo Pad 3 Pro
Oppo

Oppo Pad 3 Pro

3.0
Tablet
Display
IPS TFT 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 2120 × 3000 pix…
RAM
8 GB, 12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 9510 mAh
5G
Oppo Find X7 Ultra PHY110
Oppo

Oppo Find X7 Ultra PHY110

3.0
Smartphone
Display
LTPO AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1440 × 3168…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO 12 Pro
Vivo

Vivo iQOO 12 Pro

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz,1440 × 3200 pixel…
RAM
16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5100 mAh
5G
Vivo iQOO 12
Vivo

Vivo iQOO 12

2.9
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 144 Hz, 1260 × 2800 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
256 GB, 512 GB, 1000 GB
Battery
Li-Po 5000 mAh
5G
Honor 400 Pro China
Honor

Honor 400 Pro China

3.2
Smartphone
Display
AMOLED 1.07G colors, 120 Hz, 1264 × 2736 pixe…
RAM
12 GB, 16 GB
Storage
1000 GB, 256 GB, 512 GB
Battery
Li-Po 7200 mAh

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.