Skip to content
InnoReviews

Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

Apple A13 Bionic
40.3Inno Score
VS
WINNER
Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
40.5Inno Score
39.8CPU30
34.9GPU25.1
—Benchmarks48.7
24.9AIspec-based—
41.8Efficiencyspec-based76.2
4 spec wins — Apple A13 Bionic5 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

InnoReviews verdict

This one is close to a dead heat: Apple A13 Bionic scores 40.3 against 40.5 for Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1. Pick by the categories that matter to you, or by price.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Apple A13 Bionic

  • Stronger CPU score: 40 vs 30
  • Stronger GPU score: 35 vs 25
  • 146% higher 3DMark Wild Life Extreme: 2,027 vs 823
  • 67% higher Geekbench 6 (single): 1,760 vs 1,056
  • 41% higher Geekbench 6 (multi): 4,135 vs 2,942

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1

  • 50% higher Max bandwidth: 51.2 GB/s vs 34.1 GB/s
  • 43% lower process: 4 nm vs 7 nm
  • 33% higher cores: 8 vs 6
  • 17% lower TDP (typical): 5 W vs 6 W

General

General comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Announced20192022
Process7 nm4 nm+43%
TDP (typical)6 W5 W+17%
ArchitectureArmv8.4Armv9

CPU

CPU comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Cores68+33%
Core configuration2x2.65 GHz Lightning + 4x1.8 GHz Thunder1x2.4 GHz Cortex-A710 + 3x2.36 GHz Cortex-A710 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A510
Max clock2.65 GHz+10%2.4 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
GPUApple GPU (4-core)Adreno 644

AI

AI comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
NPUNeural Engine (8-core)Hexagon NPU
AI performance6 TOPS—

Memory

Memory comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Memory typeLPDDR4X-2133LPDDR5-6400
Max bandwidth34.1 GB/s51.2 GB/s+50%

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
ModemIntel XMM 7660 LTE (external)Snapdragon X62 5G
Max download—2.9 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 6Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth5.05.2

Media

Media comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
Max displayRetina XDRFHD+ @ 120Hz
Video capture4K@60fps4K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Apple A13 Bionic versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
SpecApple A13 BionicQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1
AnTuTu 12—905,530Bottom 32%
Geekbench 6 (single)1,760+67%Top 22%1,056Top 49%
Geekbench 6 (multi)4,135+41%Top 33%2,942Top 50%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme2,027+146%Top 25%823Bottom 50%

Related comparisons

Apple A13 Bionicvs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4VSApple A13 Bionicvs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5VSApple A13 Bionicvs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3VSApple A13 Bionicvs Huawei Kirin T92VSQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 5VSQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 4VSQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 6 Gen 3VSQualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 1vs Huawei Kirin T92VS

Try another matchup