Snapdragon 865 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 (Adreno 650) with the older 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 Bionic 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
- Performs 67% better in floating-point computations
- Has 2 more cores
- 7% higher CPU clock speed (2840 vs 2660 MHz)
- Shows better (up to 4%) AnTuTu 9 score – 653K vs 628K
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 9
CPU | 186095 | 166601 |
GPU | 222473 | 255111 |
Memory | 105066 | 90801 |
UX | 142314 | 116310 |
Total score | 653695 | 628607 |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect NanoReview scores.
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Image compression | 173.2 Mpixels/s | 155.7 Mpixels/s |
Face detection | 25.2 images/s | 30.2 images/s |
Speech recognition | 52.6 words/s | 89.8 words/s |
Machine learning | 55.8 images/s | 73.1 images/s |
Camera shooting | 29.5 images/s | 33.8 images/s |
HTML 5 | 2.95 Mnodes/s | 3.81 Mnodes/s |
SQLite | 997.7 Krows/s | 899.2 Krows/s |
3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 91% | 72% |
Graphics test | 23 FPS | 45 FPS |
Score | 3870 | 7553 |
Gaming
PUBG Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
57 FPS [Ultra] |
Call of Duty: Mobile | 61 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
Fortnite | 30 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [High] |
World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
Genshin Impact | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
Device | Xiaomi Mi 10 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.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 865 and A13 BionicCPU
Architecture | 1x 2.84 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 2.66 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
Cores | 8 | 6 |
Frequency | 2840 MHz | 2660 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.2-A | ARMv8.4-A |
L1 cache | 128 KB | 832 KB |
L2 cache | 1 MB | 12 MB |
L3 cache | 4 MB | - |
Process | 7 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
Transistor count | 10.3 billion | 8.5 billion |
TDP | 10 W | 6 W |
Graphics
GPU name | Adreno 650 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
Architecture | Adreno 600 | - |
GPU frequency | 587 MHz | - |
Execution units | 2 | 4 |
Shading units | 512 | - |
FLOPS | 1228 Gigaflops | 736 Gigaflops |
Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
OpenCL version | 2.0 | 2.1 |
DirectX version | 12 | 12.1 |
Memory
Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
Memory frequency | 2750 MHz | - |
Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | - |
Max size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Hexagon 698 | Yes, Neural Engine |
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 | 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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
Modem | X55 | - |
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Download speed | Up to 2500 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 316 Mbps | Up to 220 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.1 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
Announced | December 2019 | September 2019 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | SM8250-AB | - |
Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 official site | - |
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