Exynos 1380 vs A13 Bionic

We compared the 8-core Samsung Exynos 1380 (Mali-G68 MP5) 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 Samsung Exynos 1380
  • Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
  • Has 2 more cores
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Performs 2.1x better in floating-point computations
  • Shows significantly better (up to 44%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 767K
  • Higher GPU frequency (~30%)
  • 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
767711
A13 Bionic +44%
1101851
CPU 320484 296803
GPU 91141 301818
Memory 113558 149834
UX 242528 353396
Total score 767711 1101851
Samples [113 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
A13 Bionic +74%
1749
Multi-Core Score
A13 Bionic +47%
3989
Asset compression 146.7 MB/sec 146.8 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 64.4 pages/sec 90.1 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 109.8 Mpixels/sec 103.5 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 53.7 images/sec 85.1 images/sec
HDR 95.9 Mpixels/sec 130.3 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 9.4 images/sec 13.9 images/sec
Photo processing 27.2 images/sec 38.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.23 Mpixels/sec 4.69 Mpixels/sec
Samples 56 tests 12 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A13 Bionic +356%
13902
Background blur 4.46 images/sec 20.3 images/sec
Face detection 2.17 images/sec 25.6 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.13 Gpixels/sec 0.44 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.68 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.14 Gpixels/sec 0.77 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.05 Gpixels/sec 0.19 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 9.21 Gpixels/sec 45.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 538 FPS 1367.9 FPS
API OpenCL Metal
Samples 35 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 279 -
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
A13 Bionic +148%
2001
Score 808 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 10597 -
Video editing score 7345 -
Data manipulation score 10909 -
Photo editing score 25069 -
Writing score 16185 -
Phones tested 8 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
Samsung Exynos 1380
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-13 (Abdou DZ)AnTuTu 12866883
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-13 (Lazy)AnTuTu 11893295
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-11 -> VAMPRAnTuTu 12866171
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-07 (bes)AnTuTu 12872304
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 -> Danielfikri98_AnTuTu 12843108
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 Exynos 1380 and A13 Bionic

CPU

Architecture 4x 2.4 GHz – Cortex-A78
4x 2 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
L3 cache 4 MB -
Process 5 nanometers 7 nanometers
Transistor count - 8.5 billion
TDP (Sustained Power Limit) 5 W 6 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Mali-G68 MP5 Apple A13 GPU
Architecture Valhall 2nd gen Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 949 MHz 1230 MHz
Pipelines 5 4
Shading units 32 64
Total shaders 160 256
FLOPS 303.7 Gigaflops 629.8 Gigaflops
Vulkan version 1.3 -
OpenCL version 2.0 -

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Yes Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 4.9 TOPS 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 8 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

Storage type UFS 3.1 NVMe
Max display resolution 2960 x 1440 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
- 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

4G support LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G support Yes No
Download speed Up to 3790 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 1280 Mbps Up to 350 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 6
Bluetooth 5.3 5.0
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

Info

Announced February 2023 September 2019
Class Mid range Flagship
Model number S5E8835 APL1W85
Official page Samsung Exynos 1380 official site -
Successor - Samsung Exynos 1580 - Apple A19 Pro

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Arco chewe October 28, 2024 at 09:27 AM
How in the world new modern chipset can't beat older model bruh the fact GHZ of Samsung is more than Apple Is just crazy still can't beat performance
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