Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
Apple A13 Bionic

vs

SoC Comparison Result

Below are the results of a comparison of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and Apple A13 Bionic mobile processors based on key performance characteristics, as well as power consumption and much more.

Advantages

  • Higher Technology: 4 nm (4 nm vs 7 nm)
  • Higher Frequency: 3300 MHz (3300 MHz vs 2650 MHz)
  • Newer Launch Date: October 2023 (October 2023 vs September 2019)

Basic

Qualcomm
Label Name
Apple
October 2023
Launch Date
September 2019
SmartPhone Flagship
Platform
SmartPhone Flagship
TSMC
Manufacturing
TSMC
SM8650-AB
Model Name
A13 Bionic
1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
5x (3x3.2 GHz/2x3.0GHz) – Cortex-A720
2x 2.3 GHz – Cortex-A520
Architecture
2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
8
Cores
6
4 nm
Technology
7 nm
3300 MHz
Frequency
2650 MHz
-
Transistor count
8.5

GPU Specifications

Adreno 750
GPU name
Apple A13 GPU
770 MHz
GPU frequency
1230 MHz
-
FLOPS
0.6298 TFLOPS
-
Shading units
64
-
Execution units
4
3.0 FP
OpenCL version
2.1
-
Vulkan version
1.1
4K @ 60 Hz, QHD+ @ 144 Hz
Max display resolution
2688 x 1242
-
DirectX version
12.1

Connectivity

LTE Cat. 24
4G support
LTE Cat. 18
Yes
5G support
No
5.4
Bluetooth
5.0
7
Wi-Fi
6
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC
Navigation
GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Memory Specifications

LPDDR5X
Memory type
LPDDR4X
4800 MHz
Memory frequency
2133 MHz
4x 16 Bit
Memory Bus
4x 16 Bit

Miscellaneous

Hexagon
Neural processor (NPU)
Neural Engine
-
L2 Cache
8 MB
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV
Audio codecs
AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+
1x 200MP
Max camera resolution
-
UFS 4.0
Storage type
NVMe
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video capture
4K at 60FPS
H.264, H.265, AV1, VP8, VP9
Video codecs
H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS
Video playback
4K at 60FPS
-
TDP
6 W
ARMv9
Instruction set
ARMv8.4-A

Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
2192 +25%
A13 Bionic
1755
Geekbench 6 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
7085 +70%
A13 Bionic
4168
Geekbench 5 Single Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
908
A13 Bionic
1298 +43%
Geekbench 5 Multi Core
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
4048 +26%
A13 Bionic
3219
AnTuTu 10
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
1933536 +143%
A13 Bionic
795606