A13 Bionic vs A11 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A13 Bionic (with Apple A13 GPU graphics) and A11 Bionic (Apple A11 GPU). 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
- Shows significantly better (up to 2x) AnTuTu 10 score – 820K vs 419K
- Announced 2-years later
- Performs 54% better in floating-point computations
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 10 nm)
- Higher GPU frequency (~15%)
- 11% higher CPU clock speed (2650 vs 2390 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
| CPU | 163616 | 114085 |
| GPU | 304908 | 91682 |
| Memory | 133519 | 97456 |
| UX | 221224 | 117666 |
| Total score | 820565 | 419646 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Asset compression | 147.7 MB/sec | 104 MB/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 87.5 pages/sec | 53.7 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 104.2 Mpixels/sec | 50.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Image detection | 74 images/sec | 15.5 images/sec |
| HDR | 125.4 Mpixels/sec | 83.7 Mpixels/sec |
| Background blur | 14.3 images/sec | 9.18 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 39.3 images/sec | 30.7 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 4.6 Mpixels/sec | 3.19 Mpixels/sec |
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
| Stability | 72% | 71% |
| Graphics test | 45 FPS | 20 FPS |
| Score | 7532 | 3432 |
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] |
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| 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.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A13 Bionic and A11 BionicCPU
| Architecture | 2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
2x 2.39 GHz – Monsoon 4x 1.42 GHz – Mistral |
| Cores | 6 | 6 |
| Frequency | 2650 MHz | 2390 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8.4-A | ARMv8-A |
| L1 cache | 128 KB | 64 KB |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | 8 MB |
| Process | 7 nanometers | 10 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 8.5 billion | 4.3 billion |
| TDP | 6 W | 8 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
| GPU name | Apple A13 GPU | Apple A11 GPU |
| Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
| GPU frequency | 1230 MHz | 1066 MHz |
| Execution units | 4 | 3 |
| Shading units | 64 | 64 |
| Total shaders | 256 | 192 |
| FLOPS | 629.8 Gigaflops | 409.3 Gigaflops |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4X | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 2133 MHz | 2133 MHz |
| Bus | 4x 16 Bit | 4x 16 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 34.1 Gbit/s | 34.1 Gbit/s |
| Max size | 4 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Apple M10 |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 2688 x 1242 | 2436 x 1125 |
| Max camera resolution | - | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP |
| Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV |
Connectivity
| 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 150 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 6 | 5 |
| Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2019 | September 2017 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
| Model number | - | APL1W72 |
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