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Snapdragon 870 vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 870
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 870
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 (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 (11)

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 870
  • Performs 63% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • Supports 29% higher memory bandwidth (44 against 34.1 GB/s)
  • 21% higher CPU clock speed (3200 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~84%)
  • Shows better (up to 9%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 1010K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 870
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 870
1010069
A13 Bionic +9%
1101851
CPU 378231 296803
GPU 155526 301818
Memory 174975 149834
UX 301337 353396
Total score 1010069 1101851
Samples [102 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 870
1298
A13 Bionic +35%
1749
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 870
3520
A13 Bionic +13%
3989
Asset compression 160.2 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 86.7 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 116.8 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 80 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 108 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 12 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 33.5 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.41 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 34 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 870
3381
A13 Bionic +311%
13902
Background blur 5.01 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 2.04 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 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 10.3 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 650.5 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 18 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 870
1224
A13 Bionic +63%
2001
Score 1224 2001
Stability 99% 70%
Graphics test 7 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 11701 -
Video editing score 5825 -
Data manipulation score 9987 -
Photo editing score 28690 -
Writing score 15274 -
Phones tested 2 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 88 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 59 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 27 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 102 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 107 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact 49 FPS
[Ultra]		 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Black Shark 4
1080 x 2400		 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 870
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-03 (DisnaroπŸ‡§πŸ‡·)AnTuTu1029687
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-29 (Forsic)AnTuTu1020372
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-25 (fx_one_love)AnTuTu1090236
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-23 (Π―Π½)AnTuTu983640
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (DAP)AnTuTu986264
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Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (nuri)AnTuTu1133524
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu1090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu1090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Feonton)AnTuTu915377
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-16 (Slarpunk)AnTuTu1109501
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Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 870 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 3.2 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 3200 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) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 650 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 600 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 670 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 3 4
Shading units 256 64
Total shaders 768 256
FLOPS 1029.1 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 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 January 2021 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8250-AC APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 official site -
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

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Comments

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noderz May 7, 2021 at 05:21 PM
poco f3 has the sd 870 and costs the same or even lower than an iphone se 2020. amazing value for an android gaming phone with an amazing display and battery srsly. Iphone se has weak battery and meh display while having good performance and good camera. Poco f3 has a decent camera, amazing display 120 hz amoled, amazing battery, amazing performance, and good design.(also has multiple cameras and no big bezels unlike iphone se 2020)
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Wews May 25, 2021 at 01:10 PM
poco f3 overheats thats why it is cheaper. but in bs4 doesn't overheat
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William June 11, 2021 at 05:13 PM
Wews, It actually doesn't overheat. It stays pretty cool compared to other snapdragon 888 phones and even the IPhone SE, which also struggles a bit with heat.
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Andrew August 5, 2021 at 01:40 PM
Wews, Well every phone overheats, so your argument is invalid
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Wews September 24, 2021 at 01:39 PM
William, my bad for listening to rumorsπŸ˜…
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Tsukasa October 19, 2021 at 04:34 PM
Watched some tech reviewers and they all said it's what you'd expect at that price point, if not very average They said it not me. But I'll still choose Poco F3 anyway the value for money is just insane!
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Ashok December 3, 2021 at 03:00 PM
I have Poco f3 and it's amazing seriously 120hz made my experience much better.
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Missaka January 25, 2022 at 11:56 AM
Poco f3 is actually great, a flagship killer
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Nobody July 16, 2022 at 05:29 PM
Wews, I'm using POCO F3 it's really hard to overheat even when I'm playing genshin impact at 60fps settings
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iPhone is overrated May 27, 2023 at 08:15 AM
Wews, I'm using poco f3 for over 2 years but i have no issue with overheating, maybe it's just your phone?
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Ben April 11, 2025 at 07:08 PM
iPhone is overrated, Lol overheating only occurs if u set the graphics too high
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