Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 vs A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 (Adreno 710) 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

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
DeviceFacts Score
Overall chip score

Key Differences

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2
  • Has a smaller size transistor (4 versus 7 nm)
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Shows better (up to 38%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 798K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~31%)
  • Performs 31% better in floating-point computations
  • Supports 33% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 25.6 GB/s)
  • 10% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2400 MHz)
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A13 Bionic +38%
1101851
CPU 312937 296803
GPU 73407 301818
Memory 196121 149834
UX 215964 353396
Total score 798429 1101851
Samples [64 tests] [47 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression 142.2 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 59.1 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 98.4 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 54 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 89.4 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.3 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 21.8 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.91 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 33 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A13 Bionic +557%
13902
Background blur 3.18 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 1.57 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.12 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.16 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.03 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 7.14 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 194.1 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API Vulkan Metal
Samples 23 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 Steel Nomad Light
Score 254 -
Stability 98% -
Graphics test 2 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 792 2001
Stability 99% 70%
Graphics test 4 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 13631 -
Video editing score 6946 -
Data manipulation score 11507 -
Photo editing score 24734 -
Writing score 13590 -
Phones tested 11 models -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile - 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite - 60 FPS
[High]
World of Tanks Blitz - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang - 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device - 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 7s Gen 2
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (Milos)AnTuTu 12881718
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (qwezzex)AnTuTu 11789460
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Nor2x)AnTuTu 12915872
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Pedro)AnTuTu 12735057
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-02 (A. L.)AnTuTu 12967289
Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 GPU13778
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)Geekbench 6 CPU1788 / 4241
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Gigant)AnTuTu 111115933
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-03 (Deni)AnTuTu 11824750
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Π•Π²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :))AnTuTu 111178640

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 1.95 GHz – Cortex-A55
2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2400 MHz 2650 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.2-A ARMv8.4-A
L1 cache - 128 KB
L2 cache - 8 MB
Process 4 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 710 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Adreno 700 Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 940 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 2 4
Shading units 128 64
Total shaders 256 256
FLOPS 481.3 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
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 2x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 25.6 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 16 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 2.2, UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2560 x 1600 2688 x 1242
Max camera resolution 1x 200MP -
Video capture 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 4K at 30FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video codecs - H.264
- H.265
- 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 2900 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1600 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.2 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, NAVIC GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced September 2023 September 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number SM7435-AB APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 official site -
Successor - Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 4 - Apple A19 Pro

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