Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic

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CPU A

Apple A13 Bionic

6 cores 2660 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A13 Bionic GPU

CPU B

Apple A12 Bionic

6 cores 2490 MHz 7 nanometers Apple A12 Bionic GPU

Compared fields 40

Different values 25

Quick factual highlights

Apple A13 Bionic

Higher maximum CPU clock
Higher listed download speed

Apple A12 Bionic No safely comparable numerical advantage detected.

CPU

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

Cache and memory

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

Graphics and AI

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

Display and media

Specification	Apple A13 Bionic	Apple A12 Bionic
Maximum display resolution	2688 x 1242	2688 x 1242
Maximum camera resolution	Not available	2x 12MP
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, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+	AAC, AACâLC, Apple Lossless, HEâAAC, Linear PCM, AAX Đ¸ AAX+, HEâAAC v2, MP3

Connectivity

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

General

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

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