Apple A13 Bionic vs Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 Plus (X2P 42 100) Which One is Better

CPU

Architecture

2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder

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Frequency

2650 MHz

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Cores

6

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Instruction set

ARMv8.4-A

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L1 cache

128 KB

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L2 cache

8 MB

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Process

7 nm

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Transistor count

8.5

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TDP

6 W

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Manufacturing

TSMC

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Graphics

GPU name

Apple A13 GPU

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GPU frequency

1230 MHz

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Execution units

4

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Shading units

64

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Vulkan version

1.1

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OpenCL version

2.1

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DirectX version

12.1

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Memory

Memory Type

LPDDR4X

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Memory frequency

2133 MHz

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Bus

4x 16 Bit

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Max bandwidth

34.1 Gbit/s

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AI

NPU

Apple Neural Engine

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Theoretical Performance

5 TOPS

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Multimedia (ISP)

Neural processor (NPU)

Neural Engine

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Storage type

NVMe

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Max display resolution

2688 x 1242

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Video capture

4K at 60FPS

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Video playback

4K at 60FPS

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Video codecs

- H.264- H.265- Motion JPEG

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Audio codecs

- AAC- AAX- AAX+- AC-3- AIFF- CAF- E-AC-3- MP3- MP4- WAV

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Connectivity

4G support

LTE Cat. 18

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5G support

No

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Download speed

Up to 1200 Mbps

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Upload speed

Up to 350 Mbps

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Wi-Fi

6

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Bluetooth

5.0

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Navigation

GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

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Info

Announced

Sep 2019

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Class

Flagship

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General Parameters

Release Date

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Jan 2026

Manufacturer

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Qualcomm

Type

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Laptop

Instruction Set

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ARMv9

Core Architecture

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Snapdragon X

Processor Number

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X2P-42-100

Integrated Graphics

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Qualcomm Adreno X1-45

Package

Manufacturing Process

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3 nm

Socket

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Custom

Power Consumption

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10 W

Max Turbo Power Consumption

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22 W

CPU Performance

Performance Cores

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6

Performance Core Threads

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6

Performance Core Base Frequency

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3.4 GHz

Performance Core Turbo Frequency

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4.04 GHz

Total Core Count

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6

Total Thread Count

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6

Multiplier

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34

Unlocked Multiplier

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No

Memory Parameters

Memory Types

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LPDDR5X-9523

Max Memory Bandwidth

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152 GB/s

ECC Memory Support

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No

Graphics Card Parameters

Integrated Graphics

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true

GPU Base Frequency

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280 MHz

GPU Max Dynamic Frequency

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910 MHz

Shader Units

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768

Texture Units

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48

Raster Operation Units

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24

Execution Units

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3

Miscellaneous

Official Website

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📊 Benchmark

AnTuTu 10

891,274

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Geekbench 6

1,748

3,239

Geekbench 6

4,161

11,952

FP32 (float)

629

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Cinebench 2024

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119

Cinebench 2024

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752