Snapdragon 820 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 4-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 (Adreno 530) with the newer 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 Apple A13 Bionic
- Shows significantly better (up to 3.3x) AnTuTu 11 score β 1101K vs 333K
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.4x)
- Performs 2.4x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 14 nm)
- Has 2 more cores
- 23% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2150 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
- Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 29.8 GB/s)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 131994 | 296803 |
| GPU | 36166 | 301818 |
| Memory | 63256 | 149834 |
| UX | 102461 | 353396 |
| Total score | 333877 | 1101851 |
| Samples | Less than 3 | [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 | 28.8 MB/sec | 146.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 19.7 pages/sec | 90.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 28 Mpixels/sec | 103.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 6.36 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 25.9 Mpixels/sec | 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 1.39 images/sec | 13.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 6.33 images/sec | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 789.4 Mpixels/sec | 4.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | Less than 3 | 12 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 1.58 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 0.86 images/sec | 25.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.06 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.09 Gpixels/sec | 0.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.05 Gpixels/sec | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.01 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 4.09 Gpixels/sec | 45.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 81.6 FPS | 1367.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | - | 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 | - | 2001 |
| Stability | - | 70% |
| Graphics test | - | 11 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 4378 | - |
| Video editing score | 5152 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 4144 | - |
| Photo editing score | 11831 | - |
| Writing score | 5024 | - |
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.
Recent User Tests
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2024-01-05 (Saber) | GeekBench CPU | 356 / 615 |
Apple A13 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-07 (nuri) | AnTuTu | 1133524 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu | 1090244 |
| π 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz) | AnTuTu | 1090244 |
| π 2026-08-04 (Feonton) | AnTuTu | 915377 |
| π 2026-07-16 (Slarpunk) | AnTuTu | 1109501 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 820 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.15 GHz β Kryo 2x 1.593 GHz β Kryo |
2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
| Cores | 4 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2150 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 64 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 8.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 11 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 530 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 500 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 510 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Pipelines | 1 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 261.1 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.0 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 11 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 680 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 5 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1866 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 29.8 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 8 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | eMMC 5.1, UFS 2.0 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 28MP, 2x 13MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 |
- 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 | X12 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 12 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 600 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 4.1 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | November 2015 | September 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | MSM8996 | - |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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