Apple A13 Bionic vs Apple A6. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Apple A13 Apple A6/A6X
• Family
  Apple A series Apple A series
• Generation
  13 6
• Predecessor
  Apple A12 Bionic Apple A5
• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Successor
  Apple A14 Bionic Apple A7

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 Swift
• B-Core
  4x Thunder -
• Base Frequency
  1.8 GHz 1.3 GHz
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) normal
• CPU Cores
  6 2
• CPU Threads
  6 2
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  2.65 GHz No turbo
• Turbo Frequency (6 Cores)
  2.65 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  - No turbo

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

• DirectX Version
  - 10
• Execution units
  4 6
• Generation
  10 -
• GPU Frequency
  1800 MHz 270 MHz
• GPU name
  Apple A13 PowerVR SGX543MP3 (3 Cores)
• GPU Turbo
  2700 MHz No turbo
• Max. displays
  1 1
• Max. GPU Memory
  4 GB -
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2012
• Shader
  384 48
• Technology
  7 nm 32 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 No
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode No
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode No
• VC-1
  Decode No
• VP8
  Decode / Encode No
• VP9
  Decode / Encode No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A6 and Apple A13 Bionic. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  4 GB 1 GB
• Memory channels
  1 2
• Memory type
  LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR2-1066

• AES-NI
  No No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple A13 Bionic and Apple A6 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 -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple A13 Bionic and Apple A6, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  A13 (Lightning / Thunder) A6
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv7-A32 (32 bit)
• L2-Cache
  8 MB 1 MB
• Part Number
  - APL 0598
• Release date
  Q3/2019 Q3/2012
• Technology
  7 nm 32 nm
• Virtualization
  None None