A13 Bionic vs A10 Fusion
We compared the 6-core Apple A13 Bionic (Apple A13 GPU) with the older 4-core A10 Fusion (PowerVR GT7600) SoC. Here you will find the pros and cons of each chip, technical specs, and comprehensive tests in benchmarks, like AnTuTu and Geekbench.
Review
CPU Performance
Single and multi-core processor tests
Gaming Performance
GPU performance in games and OpenCL/Vulkan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Performs 2.5x better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 16 nm)
- Supports 129% higher memory bandwidth (34.1 against 14.9 GB/s)
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.1x) AnTuTu 11 score β 1101K vs 516K
- Higher GPU frequency (~89%)
- Has 2 more cores
- 13% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2340 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 11
| CPU | 296803 | 202669 |
| GPU | 301818 | 63274 |
| Memory | 149834 | 84317 |
| UX | 353396 | 166721 |
| Total score | 1101851 | 516981 |
| Samples | [47 tests] | Less than 3 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 146.8 MB/sec | 57.7 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 90.1 pages/sec | 38.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 103.5 Mpixels/sec | 44.8 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 85.1 images/sec | 14.2 images/sec |
| HDR | 130.3 Mpixels/sec | 56.1 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 13.9 images/sec | 4.38 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 38.5 images/sec | 13.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.69 Mpixels/sec | 1.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Samples | 12 tests | 4 tests |
Compute Score (GPU)
| Background blur | 20.3 images/sec | 11 images/sec |
| Face detection | 25.6 images/sec | 9.32 images/sec |
| Horizon detection | 0.44 Gpixels/sec | 0.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge detection | 0.68 Gpixels/sec | 0.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian blur | 0.77 Gpixels/sec | 0.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature matching | 0.19 Gpixels/sec | 0.04 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo matching | 45.7 Gpixels/sec | 10.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle physics | 1367.9 FPS | 415.5 FPS |
| API | Metal | Metal |
| Samples | 8 tests | 2 tests |
3DMark
3DMark Solar Bay
| Score | 2564 | - |
| Stability | 74% | - |
| Graphics test | 10 FPS | - |
| Section 1 | 12 FPS | - |
| Section 2 | 10 FPS | - |
| Section 3 | 7 FPS | - |
3DMark Wild Life Extreme
| Score | 2001 | 693 |
| Stability | 70% | 85% |
| Graphics test | 11 FPS | 4 FPS |
Gaming
| PUBG Mobile | 57 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Call of Duty: Mobile | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Fortnite | 60 FPS [High] |
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| World of Tanks Blitz | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Genshin Impact | 59 FPS [Ultra] |
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| Mobile Legends: Bang Bang | 60 FPS [Ultra] |
- |
| Device | Apple iPhone 11 Pro 828 x 1792 |
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We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.
Recent User Tests
Apple A13 Bionic
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 13778 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 1788 / 4241 |
| π 2026-10-05 (Gigant) | AnTuTu 11 | 1115933 |
| π 2026-10-03 (Deni) | AnTuTu 11 | 824750 |
| π 2026-09-21 (ΠΠ²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :)) | AnTuTu 11 | 1178640 |
Apple A10 Fusion
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| π 2026-09-23 (TeknoPiri) | AnTuTu 11 | 497446 |
| π 2025-08-15 (hellz1) | Geekbench 6 GPU | 4352 |
| π 2024-02-21 (Cap1bara_tech) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 882 / 1484 |
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A13 Bionic and A10 FusionCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.65 GHz β Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz β Thunder |
2x 2.34 GHz β Hurricane 2x 1.05 GHz β Zephyr |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Frequency | 2650 MHz | 2340 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 3 MB |
| L3 cache | - | 4 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 16 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 8.5 billion | 3.3 billion |
| TDP (Sustained Power Limit) | 6 W | 5 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A13 GPU | PowerVR GT7600 |
| Architecture | Apple Bionic GPU | PowerVR Series7XT (Rogue) |
| GPU frequency | 1230 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 4 | 6 |
| Shading units | 64 | 32 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 629.8 Gigaflops | 249.6 Gigaflops |
| Vulkan version | - | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | - | 1.2 |
AI Accelerator
| Neural processor (NPU) | Apple Neural Engine | No |
| NPU theoretical performance | 5 TOPS | - |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4 |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 1333 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 2x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gb/s | 14.9 Gb/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2048 x 1536 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| 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 - VC-1 - Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | - AAC - AAX - AAX+ - AC-3 - AIFF - CAF - E-AC-3 - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
- AAC - AIFF - CAF - MP3 - MP4 - WAV |
Connectivity
| Modem | - | Qualcomm MDM9645M |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 18 | LTE Cat. 12 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 1200 Mbps | Up to 600 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 350 Mbps | Up to 100 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 4.2 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2019 | September 2016 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | APL1W85 | APL1W24 |
| Successor | - Apple A19 Pro | - Apple A19 Pro |
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