Snapdragon 680 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 (Adreno 610) 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.
Review
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 680
- Has 2 more cores
- Has a smaller size transistor (6 versus 7 nm)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.6x) AnTuTu 11 score β 1101K vs 424K
- Performs 2.2x better in floating-point computations
- Supports 101% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 17 GB/s)
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2400 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~10%)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 185604 | 296803 |
| GPU | 26544 | 301818 |
| Memory | 114814 | 149834 |
| UX | 97254 | 353396 |
| Total score | 424216 | 1101851 |
| Samples | [82 tests] | [47 tests] |
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 | 85.7 MB/sec | 146.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 43.2 pages/sec | 90.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 59.4 Mpixels/sec | 103.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 15.7 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 49.8 Mpixels/sec | 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 2.98 images/sec | 13.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 11.3 images/sec | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.59 Mpixels/sec | 4.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 35 tests | 12 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 0.32 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.16 images/sec | 25.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.02 Gpixels/sec | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 1.48 Gpixels/sec | 45.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 26.6 FPS | 1367.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 20 tests | 8 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | - | 2564 |
| Stability | - | 74% |
| Graphics test | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 1 | - | 12 FPS |
| Section 2 | - | 10 FPS |
| Section 3 | - | 7 FPS |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 172 | 2001 |
| Stability | 97% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 1 FPS | 11 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7531 | - |
| Video editing score | 4072 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 6097 | - |
| Photo editing score | 14785 | - |
| Writing score | 8535 | - |
| Phones tested | 16 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 59 FPS [Medium] |
57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Low] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 23 FPS [Low] |
60 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 65 FPS [Low] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 62 FPS [Medium] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 26 FPS [Low] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 54 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Redmi Note 11 1080 x 2400 |
Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 |
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 680
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 (Arsts) | AnTuTu 12 | 516449 |
| π 2026-09-19 -> Oleg 16 cm | AnTuTu 11 | 426265 |
| π 2026-09-16 (ZION) | AnTuTu 12 | 514393 |
| π 2026-09-15 (Raick) | AnTuTu 12 | 486423 |
| π 2026-09-14 (Simran) | AnTuTu 12 | 478141 |
Apple A13 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΠ²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
| π 2026-09-07 (nuri) | AnTuTu 11 | 1133524 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1090244 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu 11 | 1090244 |
| π 2026-08-04 (Feonton) | AnTuTu 11 | 915377 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 680 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.4 GHz β Kryo 265 Gold (Cortex-A73) 4x 1.9 GHz β Kryo 265 Silver (Cortex-A53) |
2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2400 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 (Sustained Power Limit) | - | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 610 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1114 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 4 |
| Shading units | 128 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 128 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 285.2 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 686 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 5 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 17 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.2 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2520 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 64MP, 2x 16MP | - |
| Video capture | 1K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 1080p at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - VP8 - VP9 |
- H.264 - H.265 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | X11 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 13 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 390 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | October 2021 | September 2019 |
| Class | Low end | Flagship |
| Model number | SM6225 | APL1W85 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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