Apple A12Z Bionic vs Apple A13 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Apple A12/A12X/A12Z Apple A13
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  12 13
• Predecessor
  Apple A10X Fusion Apple A12 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  - Apple A14 Bionic

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  4x Vortex 2x Lightning
• B-Core
  4x Tempest 4x Thunder
• Base Frequency
  1.59 GHz 1.8 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.49 GHz 2.65 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  2.49 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  - 2.65 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• Execution units
  8 4
• Generation
  9 10
• GPU Frequency
  1590 MHz 1800 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A12Z Apple A13
• GPU Turbo
  2490 MHz 2700 MHz
• Max. displays
  2 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  6 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2019
• Shader
  0 384
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  No No
• H.264 / AVC
  Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode Conflicting source values: Decode | Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A13 Bionic and Apple A12Z Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 4 GB
• Memory channels
  2 1
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR4X-4266

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A13 Bionic Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  15 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A12Z Bionic and Apple A13 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A12 A13 (Lightning / Thunder)
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q1/2020 Q3/2019
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None