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Snapdragon 855 vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 855
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 855
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 (Adreno 640) 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.

  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 855
  • Performs 43% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 7% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~2.1x)
  • Shows better (up to 34%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 824K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 855
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 855
824513
A13 Bionic +34%
1101851
CPU 314517 296803
GPU 125449 301818
Memory 150134 149834
UX 234413 353396
Total score 824513 1101851
Samples [39 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
Snapdragon 855
968
A13 Bionic +81%
1749
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 855
2731
A13 Bionic +46%
3989
Asset compression 126.8 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 74.2 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 88 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.7 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 89.3 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.07 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 20.2 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.06 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 29 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 855
2704
A13 Bionic +414%
13902
Background blur 4.31 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 1.84 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.15 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 8.72 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 444 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 19 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 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
Snapdragon 855
876
A13 Bionic +128%
2001
Score 876 2001
Stability 86% 70%
Graphics test 5 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8813 -
Video editing score 5956 -
Data manipulation score 8239 -
Photo editing score 22485 -
Writing score 13084 -
Phones tested 8 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 51 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 57 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Mi 9T Pro
1080 x 2340		 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 855
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-12 (Stanley)AnTuTu 11847934
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-06 (pakasraka)AnTuTu 11763477
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)Geekbench 6 GPU3882
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)Geekbench 6 CPU1000 / 3025
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (long tran)AnTuTu 11884066
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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 855 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.84 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2840 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache 512 KB 128 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 8 MB
L3 cache 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 585 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 898.5 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 690 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 192MP, 2x 22MP -
Video capture 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.0 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced December 2018 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150 APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 - Apple A19 Pro

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