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Snapdragon 865 Plus vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 865 Plus
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 865 Plus
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus (Adreno 650) 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 (5)

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 865 Plus
  • Performs 65% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • 17% higher CPU clock speed (3100 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~82%)
  • Shows better (up to 21%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 909K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 865 Plus
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 865 Plus
909414
A13 Bionic +21%
1101851
CPU 319177 296803
GPU 178154 301818
Memory 143397 149834
UX 268686 353396
Total score 909414 1101851
Samples Less than 3 [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 152.3 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 83.3 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 107.4 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 72.7 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 103.1 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.7 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 31.8 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.48 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 4 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 865 Plus
3389
A13 Bionic +310%
13902
Background blur 5.03 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 2.1 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.26 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.22 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.4 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 651.9 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 3 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
Score 1217 2001
Stability 79% 70%
Graphics test 7 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 10081 -
Video editing score 5856 -
Data manipulation score 8690 -
Photo editing score 30426 -
Writing score 13869 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 74 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 28 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
World of Tanks Blitz 104 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[High]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Asus ROG Phone 3
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 865 Plus
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2024-10-01 (Raizel_Ken)Geekbench 6 CPU1263 / 3227
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Samsung)Geekbench 6 GPU3389
πŸ“˜ 2024-08-11 (Samsung)Geekbench 6 CPU1254 / 3297
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-06 (Yawning Moon)Geekbench 6 GPU3416
πŸ“˜ 2024-07-06 (Yawning Moon)Geekbench 6 CPU923 / 2645
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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 865 Plus and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.1 GHz – Kryo 585 Prime (Cortex-A77)
3x 2.42 GHz – Kryo 585 Gold (Cortex-A77)
4x 1.8 GHz – Kryo 585 Silver (Cortex-A55)		 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 3100 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 4 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 10.3 billion 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 675 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 1036.8 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.1 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -
DirectX version 12.1 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Hexagon 698 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR5 LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2750 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 44 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.0, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 3840 x 2160 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP, 2x 25MP -
Video capture 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 60FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS 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 X55 -
4G support LTE Cat. 22 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 7500 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 3000 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced July 2020 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-AB APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 Plus official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 - Apple A19 Pro

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Robert November 1, 2020 at 07:40 PM
It's more relevant how the hardware integrates with the software. Apple is king when it comes to this, their software is optimized in such a way they can utilize the soc more efficiently.
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azul November 21, 2020 at 04:15 AM
that's completely true... at baseline level. However once you get into xdevelopers that argument turns 360 degrees
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Leroy Jenkins August 24, 2020 at 11:38 PM
A13 still much better
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Bruh October 26, 2020 at 04:27 AM
This post literally proved that u're wrong but ight
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Hulk401 November 23, 2020 at 09:15 AM
Bruh, They love apple. Pros & cons to both I suppose.
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