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Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G

Apple A13 Bionic

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The Apple A13 Bionic is a System on a Chip (SoC) from Apple that is found in the iPhone 11 series. It was announced late 2019 and offers 6 cores divided in 2 performance cores and four power efficiency cores. Compared to the previous A12 Bionic, the A13 should offer a 20% improved CPU performance at 40% lower power (according to Apple).

With 8.5 billion transistors, the A13 Bionic is a big chip especially compared to the Snapdragon 835 (3 Billion) or a Skylake desktop quad-core Soc (1.75 Billion).

Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G

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The Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G Mobile Platform is a high-end SoC for smartphones that was introduced in late 2020 and manufactured in 5 nm at Samsung. Integrates one “Prime Core” based on a ARM Cortex-X1 architecture clocked at up to 2.84 GHz. Three more performance cores are based on the A78 but clock up to 2.42 GHz. Furthermore, four energy saving cores are integrated that are based on the ARM Cortex-A55 architecture and clock at up to 1.8 GHz. In addition to the processor cores, the SoC integrates a WiFi 6e modem, a Hexagon 780 DSP (up to 26 TOPS of AI performance) and a Spectra 580 ISP. The integrated memory controller now supports faster LPDDR5 memory with up to 3,200 MHz. 5G is now included in the chip with the Snapdragon X60 modem.

The performance of the processor cores should be around 15% better than the old Snapdragon 865+. The integrated Adreon 660 GPU should make a bigger jump by 35% (most likely compared to the SD 865).

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ModelApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G
CodenameLightning and ThunderCortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
SeriesApple Apple A-SeriesQualcomm Snapdragon
Clock <=2660 MHz1800 - 2840 MHz
L1 Cache832 KB
L2 Cache12 MB
Cores / Threads6 / 68 / 8
1 x 2.8 GHz ARM Cortex-X1
3 x 2.4 GHz ARM Cortex-A78
4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A55
Transistors6900 Million
Technology7 nm5 nm
FeaturesARMv8 Instruction SetAdreno 660 GPU, Spectra 580 ISP, Hexagon 780, X60 5G Modem, FastConnect 6900 WiFi,LPDDR5-6400 / LPDDR4X-4266 MHz Memory Controller (64 Bit)
iGPUApple A13 Bionic GPUQualcomm Adreno 660
ArchitectureARMARM
Announced
Series: Snapdragon Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
Qualcomm Snapdragon G3x Gen 1 compare1.8 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores3 MB L3 Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G compare1.8 - 3 GHz8 / 8 cores3 MB L3 Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G « 1.8 - 2.84 GHz8 / 8 cores3 MB L3 Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 4G compare1.8 - 2.84 GHz8 / 8 cores3 MB L3 Cortex-X1 / A78 / A55 (Kryo 680)
L3 Cache3 MB
TDP5 Watt
Manufacturerwww.qualcomm.com

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - Geekbench 5.5, PCM Work, Sling Shot Physics, Antutu v8 CPU - SD 888 5G
min: 1.289     avg: 1.3     median: 1.3 (99%)     max: 1.3 pt
Mediatek MT8766B
0.1631 -87%
...
Samsung Exynos 990
0.999 -22%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G 5G
1.035 -20%
HiSilicon Kirin 990
1.067 -17%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 780G 5G
1.074 -17%
HiSilicon Kirin 990 5G
1.102 -15%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 870 5G
1.142 -11%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ (Plus)
1.165 -10%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
1.186 -8%
Samsung Exynos 2100 5G
1.205 -7%
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G
1.289
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 Plus 5G
1.3 1%
0%
100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 33851     avg: 33885     median: 33881 (28%)     max: 33925 Points
44810 Points (37%)
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot Extreme (ES 3.1) Unlimited Physics
min: 2078     avg: 2803     median: 2958 (28%)     max: 3219 Points
min: 2579     avg: 4511     median: 4675 (44%)     max: 5366 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Sling Shot (ES 3.0) Unlimited Physics
min: 3411     avg: 3780     median: 3877 (44%)     max: 4052 Points
min: 2975     avg: 4760     median: 4786.5 (55%)     max: 5434 Points
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Single-Core
1760 Points (44%)
1480 Points (37%)
Geekbench 6.4 - Geekbench 6.4 Multi-Core
4135 Points (16%)
3595 Points (14%)
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1326     avg: 1333     median: 1332 (52%)     max: 1342 Points
min: 976     avg: 1118     median: 1129 (44%)     max: 1198 Points
Geekbench 5.5 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.5 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3235     avg: 3381     median: 3378.5 (6%)     max: 3531 Points
min: 3204     avg: 3571     median: 3598 (6%)     max: 3810 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1343     avg: 1343     median: 1343 (6%)     max: 1344 Points
Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 3242     avg: 3427     median: 3463 (11%)     max: 3575 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 5033     avg: 5081     median: 5087 (51%)     max: 5099 Points
Geekbench 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 14023     avg: 14426     median: 14326 (14%)     max: 14895 Points
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Stream
4421 Points (36%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Memory
5565 Points (50%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Floating Point
19860 Points (39%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Integer
9335 Points (19%)
Geekbench 2 - 32 Bit - Geekbench Total Score
11578 Points (30%)
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 545     avg: 562     median: 571 (1%)     max: 573 ms
min: 891     avg: 1319     median: 1321.5 (2%)     max: 1841 ms
Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
min: 47288     avg: 48727     median: 48991 (37%)     max: 49388 Points
min: 23491     avg: 35591     median: 35487.5 (27%)     max: 47543 Points
WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 146     avg: 179.2     median: 183 (33%)     max: 202 Points
min: 103     avg: 143.1     median: 148 (27%)     max: 182 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 MEM
min: 10494     avg: 12510     median: 12592 (39%)     max: 14443 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 UX
min: 77118     avg: 77810     median: 78032 (96%)     max: 78279 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 GPU
min: 218738     avg: 219891     median: 218937 (68%)     max: 221998 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 CPU
min: 147281     avg: 149542     median: 148191 (91%)     max: 153154 Points
AnTuTu v7 - AnTuTu v7 Total Score
min: 456891     avg: 459752     median: 459850 (81%)     max: 462516 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 UX
min: 64361     avg: 75201     median: 78294 (65%)     max: 82947 Points
min: 73679     avg: 100640     median: 99442 (83%)     max: 119537 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 MEM
min: 67691     avg: 75819     median: 74262 (60%)     max: 85504 Points
min: 72541     avg: 99872     median: 101553 (82%)     max: 124036 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 GPU
min: 190559     avg: 203672     median: 209164 (38%)     max: 211292 Points
min: 226319     avg: 296422     median: 307949 (57%)     max: 319439 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 CPU
min: 149088     avg: 156731     median: 152919 (55%)     max: 168185 Points
min: 146069     avg: 180815     median: 186398 (67%)     max: 197454 Points
AnTuTu v8 - AnTuTu v8 Total Score
min: 489463     avg: 511422     median: 510245 (49%)     max: 534558 Points
min: 569595     avg: 677749     median: 703138 (68%)     max: 740847 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 Total Score
622382 Points (30%)
min: 636471     avg: 767997     median: 791672 (38%)     max: 824694 Points
Antutu v9 - AnTuTu v9 CPU
147649 Points (37%)
min: 146651     avg: 197911     median: 202033 (50%)     max: 214534 Points
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 Total Score
904153 Points (30%)
Antutu v10 - AnTuTu v10 CPU
236453 Points (7%)
PassMark PerformanceTest Mobile V1 - PerformanceTest Mobile V1 CPU Tests
min: 650706     avg: 678820     median: 683897 (90%)     max: 701856 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage 2.0 score
min: 13221     avg: 29760     median: 30628 (14%)     max: 35783 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 3.0
min: 11435     avg: 14307     median: 14107 (52%)     max: 17085 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Computer Vision
min: 6823     avg: 9333     median: 9478.5 (50%)     max: 11551 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Storage
0 Points (0%)
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score 2.0
min: 10231     avg: 12376     median: 12822.5 (84%)     max: 15027 Points
PCMark for Android - PCM f. Android Work Score
min: 11823     avg: 14555     median: 14328 (72%)     max: 18942 Points
CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 776     avg: 835     median: 849 (32%)     max: 864 Points
min: 818     avg: 934     median: 963 (36%)     max: 1042 Points
Power Consumption - Geekbench 5.5 Power Consumption 150cd *
7 Watt (3%)
min: 5.04     avg: 6     median: 6 (3%)     max: 7.8 Watt
Power Consumption - Idle Power Consumption 150cd 1min *
2.9 Watt (3%)
min: 0.644     avg: 1.4     median: 1.3 (1%)     max: 2.59 Watt

Average Benchmarks Apple A13 Bionic → 100% n=18

Average Benchmarks Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G → 112% n=18

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