Mobile processor comparison

Apple A12 Bionic vs Apple A13 Bionic

Compare available catalogue specifications. The page highlights factual differences without declaring an overall winner.

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CPU A

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

CPU B

Apple A13 Bionic

6 cores 2660 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A13 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 40

Different values 25

Quick factual highlights

Apple A12 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

Apple A13 Bionic

Higher maximum CPU clock
Higher listed download speed

CPU

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
Architecture	2x 2.49 GHz - Vortex4x 1.6 GHz - Tempest	2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder
CPU cores	6	6
Clock speed	2490 MHz	2660 MHz
Instruction set	ARMv8.3-A	ARMv8.4-A
Process technology	7 nanometers	7 nanometers
Transistors	6.9 billion	8.5 billion
TDP	6 W	6 W

Cache and memory

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
L1 cache	128 KB	832 KB
L2 cache	8 MB	12 MB
Memory type	LPDDR4X	LPDDR4X
Memory frequency	2133 MHz	Not available
Memory bus	1x 64 Bit	2x 32 Bit
Maximum bandwidth	34.1 Gbit/s	Not available
Maximum memory	12 GB	4 GB

Graphics and AI

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
GPU	Apple A12 Bionic GPU	Apple A13 Bionic GPU
GPU clock	1125 MHz	Not available
Execution units	32	4
Shaders	256	Not available
FLOPS	560 Gigaflops	736 Gigaflops
Vulkan	1.1	1.1
OpenCL	2.0	2.1
DirectX	12	12.1
Neural processor / NPU	Yes	Yes, Neural Engine

Display and media

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	2688 x 1242	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	2x 12MP	Not available
Video capture	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video playback	4K at 60FPS	4K at 60FPS
Video codecs	H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG	H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG
Audio codecs	AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3	AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+

Connectivity

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
4G	LTE Cat. 18	LTE Cat. 18
5G	No	No
Download speed	Up to 1000 Mbps	Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed	Up to 150 Mbps	Up to 220 Mbps
Wi-Fi	5	6
Bluetooth	5.0	5.0
Navigation	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo	GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

Specification	Apple A12 Bionic	Apple A13 Bionic
Release	September 2018	September 2019
Class	Flagship	Flagship
Model number	APL1W81	Not available
Storage support	NVMe	NVMe

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