Snapdragon 845 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (Adreno 630) 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 Qualcomm Snapdragon 845
- Has 2 more cores
- Performs 15% better in floating-point computations
- 6% higher CPU clock speed (2800 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Shows significantly better (up to 92%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1101K vs 572K
- Higher GPU frequency (~73%)
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- Supports 14% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 29.8 GB/s)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 218886 | 296803 |
| GPU | 99670 | 301818 |
| Memory | 111434 | 149834 |
| UX | 142798 | 353396 |
| Total score | 572788 | 1101851 |
| Samples | [23 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 | 99.6 MB/sec | 146.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 66.6 pages/sec | 90.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 79.8 Mpixels/sec | 103.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 16.9 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 67.5 Mpixels/sec | 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 5.59 images/sec | 13.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 19.9 images/sec | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 2.88 Mpixels/sec | 4.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 8 tests | 12 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 6.06 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 2.98 images/sec | 25.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.14 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.18 Gpixels/sec | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.04 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | 45.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 541.1 FPS | 1367.9 FPS |
| API | Vulkan | Metal |
| Samples | 7 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 | 460 | 2001 |
| Stability | 90% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 2 FPS | 11 FPS |
PCMark 3.0
PCMark 3.0
| Web score | 7215 | - |
| Video editing score | 6392 | - |
| Data manipulation score | 6714 | - |
| Photo editing score | 18641 | - |
| Writing score | 9480 | - |
| Phones tested | 3 models | - |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 55 FPS [High] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 28 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 48 FPS [High] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | - | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 56 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Pocophone F1 1080 x 2246 |
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 845
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 (Bisfy) | AnTuTu 12 | 629424 |
| π 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | CPU Throttle | 93% |
| π 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 2613 |
| π 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 570 / 2056 |
| π 2026-06-23 (Dzikri Khairul) | AnTuTu 11 | 640111 |
Apple A13 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13778 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1788 / 4241 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | AnTuTu 11 | 1115933 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Deni) | AnTuTu 11 | 824750 |
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΠ²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 845 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 4x 2.8 GHz β Kryo 385 Gold (Cortex-A75) 4x 1.8 GHz β Kryo 385 Silver (Cortex-A55) |
2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2800 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 256 KB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 2 MB | - |
| Process | 10 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 3 billion | 8.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 9 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 630 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 600 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 710 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 256 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 512 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 727 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 685 | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 5 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | 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 | UFS 2.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 3840 x 2160 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 192MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | - H.264 - H.265 - 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 | X20 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 5 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | December 2017 | September 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | SDM845 | APL1W85 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 official site | - |
| Successor | - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 | - Apple A19 Pro |
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