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

General comparison of performance, power consumption, and other indicators
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

Main differences and advantages of each chip
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
  • Shows significantly better (up to 76%) AnTuTu 11 score – 1101K vs 626K
  • 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

Benchmarks

Performance tests in popular benchmarks

AnTuTu 11

The AnTuTu Benchmark measures CPU, GPU, RAM, and I/O performance in different scenarios
A13 Bionic +76%
1101851
626912
CPU 296803 254993
GPU 301818 116883
Memory 149834 96795
UX 353396 158241
Total score 1101851 626912
Samples [47 tests] Less than 3

GeekBench 6

The GeekBench test shows raw single-threaded and multithreaded CPU performance
Single-Core Score
A13 Bionic +60%
1749
1093
Multi-Core Score
A13 Bionic +118%
3989
1828
Asset compression 146.8 MB/sec 113.5 MB/sec
HTML 5 Browser 90.1 pages/sec 58.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 103.5 Mpixels/sec 82.1 Mpixels/sec
Image detection 85.1 images/sec 23.6 images/sec
HDR 130.3 Mpixels/sec 83.6 Mpixels/sec
Background blur 13.9 images/sec 10.1 images/sec
Photo processing 38.5 images/sec 29.8 images/sec
Ray tracing 4.69 Mpixels/sec 3.32 Mpixels/sec
Samples 12 tests 6 tests
Compute Score (GPU)
A13 Bionic +147%
13902
5630
Background blur 20.3 images/sec 12.3 images/sec
Face detection 25.6 images/sec 11.3 images/sec
Horizon detection 0.44 Gpixels/sec 0.23 Gpixels/sec
Edge detection 0.68 Gpixels/sec 0.25 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian blur 0.77 Gpixels/sec 0.62 Gpixels/sec
Feature matching 0.19 Gpixels/sec 0.07 Gpixels/sec
Stereo matching 45.7 Gpixels/sec 12.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle physics 1367.9 FPS 324.3 FPS
API Metal Metal
Samples 8 tests 3 tests

3DMark

A cross-platform benchmark that assesses graphics performance in Vulkan (Metal)
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
A13 Bionic +124%
2001
Score 2001 892
Stability 70% 59%
Graphics test 11 FPS 5 FPS

Gaming

Table of average FPS and graphics settings in mobile games
PUBG Mobile 57 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Call of Duty: Mobile 60 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Fortnite 60 FPS
[High]
-
World of Tanks Blitz 60 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Genshin Impact 59 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Mobile Legends: Bang Bang 60 FPS
[Ultra]
-
Device Apple iPhone 11 Pro
828 x 1792
-
We provide average results. FPS may differ, depending on game version, OS and other factors.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Apple A13 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-21 (Π•Π²Π³Π΅Π½ΠΈΠΉ :))AnTuTu 111178640
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (nuri)AnTuTu 111133524
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 111090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-09-07 (Ianzzzz)AnTuTu 111090244
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-04 (Feonton)AnTuTu 11915377
Apple A11 Bionic
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 GPU5436
πŸ“˜ 2026-06-03 (alwayssonqz)Geekbench 6 CPU1075 / 2393
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 GPU5630
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-13 (TestGame)Geekbench 6 CPU1093 / 1828
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-08 -> TangerineGeekbench 6 CPU1105 / 2629

Specifications

Full list of technical specifications of A13 Bionic and A11 Bionic

CPU

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 (Sustained Power Limit) 6 W 8 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC

Graphics

GPU name Apple A13 GPU Apple A11 GPU
Architecture Apple Bionic GPU Apple Bionic GPU
GPU frequency 1230 MHz 1066 MHz
Pipelines 4 3
Shading units 64 64
Total shaders 256 192
FLOPS 629.8 Gigaflops 409.3 Gigaflops

AI Accelerator

Neural processor (NPU) Apple Neural Engine Apple Neural Engine
NPU theoretical performance 5 TOPS -

Memory

Memory type LPDDR4X LPDDR4X
Memory frequency 2133 MHz 2133 MHz
Bus 4x 16 Bit 4x 16 Bit
Max bandwidth 34.1 Gb/s 34.1 Gb/s
Max size 4 GB 4 GB

Multimedia (ISP)

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
- AAX
- AAX+
- AC-3
- AIFF
- CAF
- E-AC-3
- MP3
- MP4
- WAV
- 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 APL1W85 APL1071
Successor - Apple A19 Pro - Apple A19 Pro

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