Apple A13 Bionic Benchmark, Test and specs

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CPU lineage

The Apple A13 Bionic features 6 processor cores and has the capability to manage 6 threads concurrently. It was released in Q3/2019 and belongs to the 13 generation of the Apple A series series.
Name: Apple A13 Bionic
Family: Apple A series
Group: Apple A13
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 13

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Apple A13 Bionic has 6 CPU cores and can calculate 6 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the A-Core is 2.65 GHz. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator. Processors with hybrid (big.LITTLE) architecture strike a balance between performance and power efficiency, making them ideal for mobile devices.
CPU Cores: 6
Threads: 6
Cores A: 2x Lightning
Cores B: 4x Thunder
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Hyperthreading: No
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.65 GHz
B-Core Frequency: 1.8 GHz

Internal Graphics

The Apple A13 Bionic has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Apple A13 Bionic uses the Apple A13, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.
GPU name: Apple A13
GPU frequency: 1.35 GHz
GPU (Turbo): --
Execution units: 32
Shaders: 256
Max. GPU Memory: 4.0 GB
Max. displays: --
Generation: 10
Direct X: --
Technology: 7 nm
Release date: Q3/2019

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

AI hardware: Apple Neural Engine
AI specifications: 8 Neural cores @ 6 TOPS

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.
h265 / HEVC (8 bit): Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10 bit): Decode / Encode
h264: Decode / Encode
VP8: Decode / Encode
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: No
AVC: Decode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor supports a maximum memory capacity of 4.0 GB distributed across 1 memory channels. It offers a peak memory bandwidth of 34.1 GB/s. Both the type and quantity of memory can have a substantial impact on the overall system performance.
Memory type: LPDDR4X-4266
Max. Memory: 4.0 GB
Memory channels: 1
Bandwidth: 34.1 GB/s
ECC: No
PCIe: pci
AES-NI: No

Thermal Management

The processor has a thermal design power (TDP) of 6 W watts. TDP indicates the cooling solution needed to effectively manage the processor's heat. It generally provides an approximate indication of the actual power consumption of the CPU itself.
TDP (PL1 / PBP): 6 W
TDP (PL2): None
TDP up: None
TDP down: None
Tjunction max: --

Technical details

The Apple A13 Bionic is manufactured using a 7 nm process. A smaller manufacturing process indicates a more contemporary and energy-efficient CPU. A substantial cache can significantly enhance the processor's performance, particularly in scenarios like gaming.
Technology: 7 nm
Chip design: Chiplet
Socket:
L2-Cache: 8.0 MB
L3-Cache: 0 bytes
Architecture: A13 (Lightning / Thunder)
Operating systems: iOS
Virtualization: None
Instruction set (ISA): ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions:
Release date: Q3/2019
Release price: --
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet
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Benchmarks

AnTuTu 9 Benchmark

MediaTek Dimensity 1200
8C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
669042
669042
Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
668494
668494
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
648406
648406
MediaTek Dimensity 1100
8C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
588491
588491
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G Plus
8C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
569732
569732

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

Qualcomm Snapdragon 865
8C 8T @ 2.84 GHz
598103
598103
Qualcomm Snapdragon 860
8C 8T @ 2.96 GHz
560128
560128
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
523650
523650
Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G
8C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
523068
523068
Samsung Exynos 990
8C 8T @ 2.73 GHz
510697
510697

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Intel Xeon E3-1270
4C 8T @ 3.4 GHz
5388
5388
AMD Ryzen 5 3500C
4C 8T @ 2.1 GHz
5377
5377
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
5368
5368
Intel Core i5-4590
4C 4T @ 3.3 GHz
5353
5353
Intel Core i7-4700MQ
4C 8T @ 2.4 GHz
5350
5350

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 5450U
4C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
3600
3600
AMD Ryzen 3 5400U
4C 8T @ 2.6 GHz
3600
3600
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3599
3599
Intel Core i7-6820EQ
4C 8T @ 2.8 GHz
3588
3588
Intel Core i7-4750HQ
4C 8T @ 2.0 GHz
3587
3587

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3
4C 8T @ 2.5 GHz
3458
3458
Intel Core i7-4930MX
4C 8T @ 3.0 GHz
3452
3452
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
3429
3429
Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5
4C 4T @ 3.0 GHz
3428
3428
Intel Core i3-8300
4C 4T @ 3.7 GHz
3425
3425

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon W-1270
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
1710
1710
AMD EPYC 7513
32C 64T @ 2.6 GHz
1710
1710
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
1710
1710
Intel Core i9-10900T
10C 20T @ 1.9 GHz
1710
1710
AMD EPYC 7513
32C 64T @ 2.6 GHz
1710
1710

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Intel Xeon W-1270E
8C 16T @ 3.4 GHz
1341
1341
Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
24C 48T @ 2.4 GHz
1338
1338
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
1336
1336
Intel Celeron G6900
2C 2T @ 3.4 GHz
1335
1335
Intel Xeon E-2226G
6C 6T @ 3.4 GHz
1334
1334

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Xeon W-11865MRE
8C 16T @ 2.6 GHz
691
691
Intel Celeron N5105
4C 4T @ 2.0 GHz
691
691
Apple A13 Bionic
6C 6T @ 2.65 GHz
691
691
Intel Core i5-12600HX
12C 16T @ 2.5 GHz
691
691
Intel Xeon W-11865MLE
8C 16T @ 1.5 GHz
691
691