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Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (Adreno 730) 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.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Benchmarks
  4. AnTuTu v11
  5. GeekBench 6
  6. Gaming
  7. Specs
  8. Comments (6)

Review

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
  • Performs 2.7x better in floating-point computations
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Shows better (up to 18%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1294K vs 1101K
  • 13% higher CPU clock speed (3000 vs 2650 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~50%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 +18%
1294871
A13 Bionic
1101851
CPU 490530 296803
GPU 202615 301818
Memory 221583 149834
UX 380143 353396
Total score 1294871 1101851
Samples [90 tests] [47 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 151.4 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 104.2 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 124.3 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 88.5 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 119.9 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12.3 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 38.4 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.49 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 54 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
5692
A13 Bionic +144%
13902
Background blur 9.81 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 4.42 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.3 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.36 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.41 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.04 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 15.8 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1079.5 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 30 tests 8 tests
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
Score 729 -
Graphics test 5 FPS -
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 2255 2001
Stability 63% 70%
Graphics test 13 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13237 -
Video editing score 7311 -
Data manipulation score 10976 -
Photo editing score 27827 -
Writing score 15631 -
Phones tested 16 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 42 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 89 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 114 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 40 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco F4 GT
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

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-29 (TSN_Hasan)Geekbench 7 CPU1167 / 3069
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-27 (Tema)CPU Throttle86%
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 -> Huiplet11AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-24 (Huiplet11)AnTuTu 121501761
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-23 (Cisfan)AnTuTu 121342308
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Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Π•Π²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :))AnTuTu 111178640
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (nuri)AnTuTu 111133524
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 111090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 111090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Feonton)AnTuTu 11915377
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3 GHz – Cortex-X2
3x 2.5 GHz – Cortex-A710
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A510		 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3000 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 6 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5.3 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 730 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 818 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 512 64
Total shaders 1024 256
FLOPS 1675.3 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 3200 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 51.2 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
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
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV

Connectivity

Modem Snapdragon X65 -
4G support LTE Cat. 24 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 10000 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3670 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2021 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8450 APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro

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Comments

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Piglove December 24, 2025 at 05:50 PM
bro, how can sd 8 gen 1 only 6800 score in 3dmark. My 8 gen 1 is 11000
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Kevin May 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bro the geekbench never lies
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Josh October 21, 2022 at 07:31 PM
Yall are high as hell to think the a13 is better than the snapdragon πŸ’€
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Toofan. May 11, 2023 at 05:50 AM
It never was, but Apple's software optimization is at the next level.
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George McCausky August 5, 2022 at 06:32 AM
Wow, the A13 is still going strong! It’s a fact: Apple processors are and have been way ahead for years now!
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Dana September 8, 2022 at 06:20 PM
I would say is far more about OS optimization but yeah, u can buy an iPhone and hold It for a lot Of years.
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