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Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 (Adreno 750) 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

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 3
  • Performs 4.4x better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 125% higher memory bandwidth (76.8 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score – 2345K vs 1101K
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 25% higher CPU clock speed (3300 vs 2650 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~23%)

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +113%
2345563
A13 Bionic
1101851
CPU 700525 296803
GPU 805478 301818
Memory 296043 149834
UX 543517 353396
Total score 2345563 1101851
Samples [443 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 256.8 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 190.9 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 209.1 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 168.6 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 208.6 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 24 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 63.6 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 7.27 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 139 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +11%
15378
A13 Bionic
13902
Background blur 26.9 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 13.2 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.7 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.61 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.98 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.18 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 43.4 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 3083.6 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 90 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 1652 -
Stability 79% -
Graphics test 12 FPS -
3DMark Solar Bay
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +219%
8190
A13 Bionic
2564
Score 8190 2564
Stability 72% 74%
Graphics test 31 FPS 10 FPS
Section 1 36 FPS 12 FPS
Section 2 31 FPS 10 FPS
Section 3 26 FPS 7 FPS
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 +134%
4676
A13 Bionic
2001
Score 4676 2001
Stability - 70%
Graphics test 27 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 16536 -
Video editing score 7905 -
Data manipulation score 14260 -
Photo editing score 31248 -
Writing score 19168 -
Phones tested 41 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
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.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 (Louu)AnTuTu 122656851
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Ahmad Syits)AnTuTu 122582733
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-08 (Lello75)CPU Throttle73%
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Moznu)AnTuTu 122489999
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (# Rodion)AnTuTu 122576231
Add View all (618)
Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 GPU13778
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU1788 / 4241
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)AnTuTu 111115933
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Deni)AnTuTu 11824750
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Π•Π²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :))AnTuTu 111178640
Add View all (65)

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.3 GHz – Cortex-X4
3x 3.15 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A720
2x 2.27 GHz – Cortex-A520		 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3300 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv9.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 12 MB -
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 8 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 750 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 903-1000 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 6 4
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 1536 256
FLOPS 2774 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
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 LPDDR5X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 4800 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 76.8 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 24 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 4.0, UFS 4.1 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 60FPS, 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- AV1
- 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 X75 -
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 3500 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 7 6
Bluetooth 5.4 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced October 2023 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8650-AB, SM8650-AC APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro
Further details
Notes on Snapdragon 8 Gen 3:
    - Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxy has a 100 MHz higher CPU and GPU clock speed. It has a higher GPU performance rate of up to 3072 Gigaflops.

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