Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 (Adreno 725) 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.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
- Performs 89% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
- Supports 50% higher memory bandwidth (51.2 against 34.1 GB/s)
- Has 2 more cores
- Shows better (up to 20%) AnTuTu 11 score β 1317K vs 1101K
- 10% higher CPU clock speed (2910 vs 2650 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Higher GPU frequency (~2.1x)
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 532680 | 296803 |
| GPU | 166554 | 301818 |
| Memory | 232990 | 149834 |
| UX | 384783 | 353396 |
| Total score | 1317007 | 1101851 |
| Samples | [52 tests] | [47 tests] |
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 182 MB/sec | 146.8 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 116.1 pages/sec | 90.1 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 137.9 Mpixels/sec | 103.5 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 112.4 images/sec | 85.1 images/sec |
| HDR | 137.2 Mpixels/sec | 130.3 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 16.1 images/sec | 13.9 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 40.5 images/sec | 38.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.62 Mpixels/sec | 4.69 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 51 tests | 12 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 7.38 images/sec | 20.3 images/sec |
| Face detection | 3.36 images/sec | 25.6 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.23 Gpixels/sec | 0.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.31 Gpixels/sec | 0.68 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.24 Gpixels/sec | 0.77 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.03 Gpixels/sec | 0.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 11.3 Gpixels/sec | 45.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 772.3 FPS | 1367.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | Metal |
| Samples | 23 tests | 8 tests |
Compute results use different APIs (Metal vs Vulkan/OpenCL) and are not directly comparable!
3DMark
3DMark Steel Nomad Light
| Score | 614 | - |
| Stability | 98% | - |
| Graphics test | 5 FPS | - |
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 | 1956 | 2001 |
| Stability | 85% | 70% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 11 FPS |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 77 FPS [Ultra] |
57 FPS [Ultra] |
| Call of Duty: Mobile | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Fortnite | 38 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [High] |
| Shadowgun Legends | 81 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| World of Tanks Blitz | 116 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Genshin Impact | 53 FPS [Ultra] |
59 FPS [Ultra] |
| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 114 FPS [Ultra] |
60 FPS [Ultra] |
| Device | Xiaomi Poco F5 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
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-11 (Martin) | AnTuTu 12 | 1421599 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Q) | AnTuTu 12 | 1498717 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Zaviee) | AnTuTu 12 | 1483091 |
| π 2026-09-21 (Bers2409) | AnTuTu 12 | 1442782 |
| π 2026-09-13 (Q) | AnTuTu 12 | 1277293 |
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 7 Plus Gen 2 and A13 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 1x 2.91 GHz β Cortex-X2 3x 2.49 GHz β Cortex-A710 4x 1.8 GHz β Cortex-A510 |
2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
| Cores | 8 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2910 MHz | 2650 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv9-A | ARMv8.4-A |
| L1 cache | 1024 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 2 MB | 8 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 4 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 10.2 billion | 8.5 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 6 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Adreno 725 | Apple A13 GPU |
| Architecture | Adreno 700 | Apple Bionic GPU |
| GPU frequency | 580 MHz | 1230 MHz |
| Pipelines | 2 | 4 |
| Shading units | 512 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 1024 | 256 |
| FLOPS | 1187.8 Gigaflops | 629.8 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | - |
| OpenCL version | 2.0 | - |
| DirectX version | 12.1 | - |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Yes | Apple Neural Engine |
| NPU theoretical performance | - | 5 TOPS |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR5 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 3200 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 51.2 Gb/s | 34.1 Gb/s |
| Max size | 16 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | UFS 3.1 | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2560 x 1600 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 200MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 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 | Snapdragon X62 | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | Yes | No |
| Download speed | Up to 4400 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 1600 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 5.3 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | March 2023 | September 2019 |
| Class | Mid range | Flagship |
| Model number | SM7475-AB | APL1W85 |
| Official page | Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Plus Gen 2 official site | - |
| Successor | - | - Apple A19 Pro |
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