Mobile processor comparison

Apple A13 Bionic vs Samsung Exynos 1280

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

Compared fields 41
Different values 35
Quick factual highlights
Apple A13 Bionic
  • Higher maximum CPU clock
Samsung Exynos 1280
  • More CPU cores
  • Smaller manufacturing process
Side-by-side specifications

Detailed comparison

CPU

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Architecture 2x 2.66 GHz - Lightning4x 1.6 GHz - Thunder 2x 2.4 GHz - Cortex-A786x 2 GHz - Cortex-A55
CPU cores 6 8
Clock speed 2660 MHz 2400 MHz
Instruction set ARMv8.4-A Not available
Process technology 7 nanometers 5 nanometers
Transistors 8.5 billion Not available
TDP 6 W Not available

Cache and memory

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
L1 cache 832 KB Not available
L2 cache 12 MB Not available
Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency Not available 2133 MHz
Memory bus 2x 32 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Maximum memory 4 GB 8 GB

Graphics and AI

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
GPU Apple A13 Bionic GPU Mali-G68
GPU architecture Not available Valhall 2
GPU clock Not available 1000 MHz
Execution units 4 4
Shaders Not available 48
FLOPS 736 Gigaflops Not available
Vulkan 1.1 1.1
OpenCL 2.1 2.0
DirectX 12.1 12
Neural processor / NPU Yes, Neural Engine Yes

Display and media

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Maximum display resolution 2688 x 1242 2960 x 1440
Maximum camera resolution Not available 1x 108MP
Video capture 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video playback 4K at 60FPS 4K at 30FPS
Video codecs H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9
Audio codecs AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV

Connectivity

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
4G LTE Cat. 18 LTE Cat. 18
5G No Yes
Download speed Up to 1200 Mbps Up to 1200 Mbps
Upload speed Up to 220 Mbps Up to 200 Mbps
Wi-Fi 6 5
Bluetooth 5.0 5.2
Navigation GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo

General

SpecificationApple A13 BionicSamsung Exynos 1280
Release September 2019 March 2022
Class Flagship Mid range
Model number Not available S5E8825
Storage support NVMe UFS 2.2
Devices in database Not available 4
Real devices

Phones using these processors

Examples found in the existing device catalogue.

Apple A13 Bionic

No linked devices were found in the sampled legacy tables.

Samsung Exynos 1280

PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM
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Samsung Galaxy M33 Dual SIM

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16M colors 1080 × 2408 pixels (6.60 i…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
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Samsung Galaxy M33

3.6
Smartphone
Display
IPS TFT 16.7M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2408 pix…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
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Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53 Dual SIM

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh
PDF manual 5G
Samsung Galaxy A53
Samsung

Samsung Galaxy A53

3.4
Smartphone
Display
Super AMOLED 16M colors, 120 Hz, 1080 × 2400…
RAM
6 GB, 8 GB
Storage
128 GB, 256 GB
Battery
Li-Ion 5000 mAh