Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 (Adreno 619) with the older 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 GPU) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
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CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1
- Announced 3-years and 1-month later
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 17 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 10 score – 825K vs 415K
- Higher GPU frequency (~49%)
- Performs 49% better in floating-point computations
- 33% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2000 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 142027 | 163616 |
| GPU | 72639 | 304908 |
| Memory | 89612 | 133519 |
| UX | 110607 | 221224 |
| Total score | 415418 | 825230 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | - | 147.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | - | 87.5 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | - | 104.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | - | 74 images/sec |
| HDR | - | 125.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | - | 14.3 images/sec |
| Photo processing | - | 39.3 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | - | 4.6 Mpixels/sec |
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 99% | 72% |
| Graphics test | 6 FPS | 45 FPS |
| Score | 1039 | 7532 |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | - | 57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | - | 60 FPS [High] |
| World of Tanks Blitz | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | - | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | - | Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2 GHz – Cortex-A78 6x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 |
2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2000 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | - | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | - | 8 MB |
| Process | 6 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | - | 8.5 billion |
| TDP | - | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 619 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 825 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Execution units | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 422.4 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon | Neural Engine |
| Storage type | UFS 2.1, UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 108MP | - |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP9 | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | Snapdragon X51 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 900 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2022 | September 2019 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Model number | SM4375 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 4 Gen 1 official site | - |
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