Apple M2 vs Apple A13 Bionic. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Segment
  Mobile Mobile
• Family
  Apple M series Apple A series
• Generation
  2 13
• CPU group
  Apple M2 Apple A13
• Predecessor
  -- Apple A12 Bionic
• Successor
  -- Apple A14 Bionic

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

• Frequency
  3.50 GHz 1.80 GHz
• CPU Cores
  8 6
• Turbo (1 Core)
  No turbo 2.65 GHz
• CPU Threads
  8 6
• Hyperthreading
  No No
• Overclocking
  No No
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A core
  4x Avalanche 2x Lightning
• B core
  4x Blizzard 4x Thunder

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

• GPU name
  Apple M2 (8 Core) Apple A13
• GPU frequency
  3.50 GHz 1.80 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo 2.70 GHz
• Execution units
  128 4
• Shader
  0 384
• Max. GPU Memory
  16 GB 4 GB
• Max. displays
  3 1
• Generation
  2 10
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2019

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode No
• AVC
  Decode Decode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Apple A13 Bionic and Apple M2. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  LPDDR5-5500 LPDDR4X-4266
• Max. Memory
  16 GB 4 GB
• ECC
  No No
• Memory channels
  2 1
• PCIe version
  4.0

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Apple M2 and Apple A13 Bionic to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  15 W 6 W
• TDP up
  20 W --
• TDP down
  10 W --

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Apple M2 and Apple M2, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  ARMv8-A64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• Virtualization
  None None
• ISA extensions
  Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation
• L2-Cache
  16.00 MB 8.00 MB
• Architecture
  M2 A13 (Lightning / Thunder)
• Technology
  5 nm 7 nm
• Socket
  N/A N/A
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q3/2019