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Snapdragon 860 vs A13 Bionic

Snapdragon 860
VS
A13 Bionic
Snapdragon 860
A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 (Adreno 640) with the newer 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 (6)

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 860
  • Performs 65% better in floating-point computations
  • Has 2 more cores
  • 12% higher CPU clock speed (2960 vs 2650 MHz)
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher GPU frequency (~82%)
  • Shows better (up to 34%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 822K
  • Better instruction set architecture

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks
SoC:
Snapdragon 860
vs
A13 Bionic

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
Snapdragon 860
822433
A13 Bionic +34%
1101851
CPU 299294 296803
GPU 119740 301818
Memory 162141 149834
UX 241258 353396
Total score 822433 1101851
Samples [47 tests] [47 tests]
AnTuTu results from iOS and Android are not directly comparable! They won't affect DeviceFacts scores.
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GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
Snapdragon 860
1004
A13 Bionic +74%
1749
Multi-Core Score
Snapdragon 860
2653
A13 Bionic +50%
3989
Asset compression 122.6 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 70.8 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 85.4 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 57.3 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 85.4 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 8.45 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 22.8 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 3.72 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 21 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
Snapdragon 860
2985
A13 Bionic +366%
13902
Background blur 4.67 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 2.01 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.21 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.17 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.02 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.94 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 512.2 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 12 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 860
979
A13 Bionic +104%
2001
Score 979 2001
Stability 91% 70%
Graphics test 5 FPS 11 FPS

PCMark 3.0

Benchmark for evaluating overall system performance in everyday workloads
PCMark 3.0
Web score 8774 -
Video editing score 6020 -
Data manipulation score 8724 -
Photo editing score 22475 -
Writing score 13390 -
Phones tested Less than 3 -

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 58 FPS
[Ultra]		 57 FPS
[Ultra]
Call of Duty: Mobile 54 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Fortnite 26 FPS
[Low]		 60 FPS
[High]
Shadowgun Legends 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 -
World of Tanks Blitz 98 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Genshin Impact - 59 FPS
[Ultra]
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 56 FPS
[Ultra]		 60 FPS
[Ultra]
Device Xiaomi Poco X3 Pro
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 860
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)CPU Throttle94%
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-10 (Tanat)AnTuTu 11826051
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 -> BifothAnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-04 (Bifoth)AnTuTu 12963448
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-15 (Mohammad Ali)AnTuTu 12932069
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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
Add View all (65)

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of Snapdragon 860 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 1x 2.96 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Prime)
3x 2.42 GHz – Cortex-A76 (Kryo 485 Gold)
4x 1.8 GHz – Cortex-A55 (Kryo 485 Silver)		 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning
4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder
Cores 8 6
Frequency 2960 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 2 MB -
Process 7 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count 6.7 billion 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 6 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Adreno 640 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 690 Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance - 5 TOPS

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.13 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 192MP, 2x 22MP -
Video capture 4K at 120FPS 4K at 60FPS
Video playback 8K at 30FPS, 4K at 120FPS 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 X24 LTE, X50 5G -
4G support LTE Cat. 20 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 5000 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1240 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.1 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS, SBAS GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced April 2019 September 2019
Class Flagship Flagship
Model number SM8150-AC APL1W85
Official page Qualcomm Snapdragon 860 official site -
Successor - - Apple A19 Pro

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Skskskks October 28, 2021 at 12:22 PM
iPad 9th gen VS xiaomi pad 5 Who's here with me?
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Paul_Xx December 9, 2021 at 01:45 PM
iPad optimization is next level. Longevity and overall performance are unmatched. Got the iPad 9th gen myself. Best bang for buck purchase ever.
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Ol April 30, 2022 at 11:35 AM
Paul_Xx, Looking to get an iPad 9th gen, and it seems that it really does pack a lot of performance for the price, with similar chips set to higher-end Apple devices costing in excess of Β£1000.
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Yessir October 6, 2022 at 07:24 AM
Ol, Yes the prices are almost the same and the iPad 9 is a bit better, but to give an example from myself, I don't have any ios devices at home and I need the android, I need a bigger screen and more memory.
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Sunny February 25, 2023 at 07:57 PM
Yessir, What about performance?
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Nasser Solomon February 18, 2026 at 02:53 AM
Sunny, I Have both its true that the iPad has better performance, but overall the Xiaomi pad 5 is better to use: feels faster because of the 120Hz, android supports PC and console emulators like like hollow knight silksong, faster charging, etc
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