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Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 860

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 56 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Apple A13 Bionic
Rank 2 - 86 %
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
1,710
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
972
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
3,599
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,634
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
1,336
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
733
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
3,429
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
2,698
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13
691
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm Adreno 640
1,037
AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark
Multi-core performance

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
648,406 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
542,771 pts
AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
523,650 pts
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
560,128 pts
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
6.0 TOPS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz
7.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
FamilyApple A series (27)Qualcomm Snapdragon (105)
CPU groupApple A13 (1)Qualcomm Snapdragon 855/860 (3)
ArchitectureA13 (Lightning / Thunder)Kryo 485
Technology7 nm7 nm
SegmentSmartphone / TabletSmartphone / Tablet
Socket
PredecessorApple A12 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus
SuccessorApple A14 Bionic

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
CPU Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Lightning
2.65 GHz
1x Kryo 485 Prime
2.96 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 4x Thunder
1.80 GHz
3x Kryo 485 Gold
2.42 GHz
Core Cluster 3: 4x Kryo 485 Silver
1.80 GHz
L2-Cache8.00 MB2.00 MB
L3-Cache3.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
GPU nameApple A13Qualcomm Adreno 640
GPU frequency1.35 GHz0.25 - 0.68 GHz
CUs / Shader16 / 2564 / 384
Raytracing
Max. displays11
Max. GPU Memory4 GB4 GB
Technology7 nm7 nm
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2019

NPU AI performance

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
AI hardwareApple Neural EngineQualcomm AI engine
AI specifications8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPSHexagon 690 @ 7 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
MemoryLPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (34.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory4 GB16 GB
Memory channels14
ECCNoNo
PCIe
PCIe Bandwidth

Thermal Management

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
TDP6 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.

Technical details

Wischen
Apple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 860
Chip designChipletChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsiOSAndroid
Instruction setArmv8-A (64 bit)Armv8-A (64 bit)
ISA extensions
Release dateQ3/2019Q1/2021
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Apple A13 Bionic
Apple A13 Bionic
6C / 6T · 2.65 GHz
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C / 8T · 2.96 GHz

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