Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A12 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A13 Apple A12/A12X/A12Z
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  13 12
• Predecessor
  Apple A12 Bionic Apple A11 Bionic
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A14 Bionic Apple A13 Bionic

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

• A-Core
  2x Lightning 2x Vortex
• B-Core
  4x Thunder 4x Tempest
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.59 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  6 6
• CPU Threads
  6 6
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.65 GHz 2.49 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  2.65 GHz 2.49 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
  4 4
• Generation
  10 9
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz 1590 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A13 Apple A12
• GPU Turbo
  2700 MHz 2490 MHz
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB 4 GB
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2018
• Shader
  384 0
• 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 A12 Bionic and Apple A13 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

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

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A13 Bionic and Apple A12 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)
  6 W 6 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A13 Bionic and Apple A12 Bionic, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A13 (Lightning / Thunder) A12
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 8 MB
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2018
• Technology
  7 nm 7 nm
• Virtualization
  None None