Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

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

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CPU A

Apple A13 Bionic

6 cores 2660 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A13 Bionic GPU

CPU B

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

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Different values 38

Quick factual highlights

Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Specification	Apple A13 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Architecture	2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder	1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510
CPU cores	6	8
Clock speed	2660 MHz	3200 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.4-A	ARMv9-A
Process technology	7 nanometers	4 nanometers
Transistors	8.5 billion	Not available
TDP	6 W	Not available

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

Specification	Apple A13 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
GPU	Apple A13 Bionic GPU	Adreno 730
GPU architecture	Not available	Adreno 700
GPU clock	Not available	900 MHz
Execution units	4	Not available
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

Specification	Apple A13 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
Maximum display resolution	2688 x 1242	3840 x 2160
Maximum camera resolution	Not available	1x 200MP
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
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

Specification	Apple A13 Bionic	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1
4G	LTE Cat. 18	LTE Cat. 24
5G	No	Yes
Download speed	Up to 1200 Mbps	Up to 2500 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 220 Mbps	Up to 316 Mbps
Wi-Fi	6	6
Bluetooth	5.0	5.3
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC