Mobile processor comparison

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 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 Plus Gen 1

8 cores 3200 MHz 4 nanometers Adreno 730

CPU B

6 cores 2660 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A13 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 41

Different values 38

Quick factual highlights

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1

Apple A13 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture	1x 3.2 GHz - Cortex-X23x 2.75 GHz - Cortex-A7104x 2 GHz - Cortex-A510	2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores	8	6
Clock speed	3200 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

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache	Not available	832 KB
L2 cache	Not available	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

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple A13 Bionic
GPU	Adreno 730	Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU architecture	Adreno 700	Not available
GPU clock	900 MHz	Not available
Execution units	Not available	4
FLOPS	Not available	736 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.1	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
DirectX	12	12.1
Neural processor / NPU	Hexagon	Yes, Neural Engine

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple 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+

Specification	Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1	Apple 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	5.3	5.0
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo