A15 Bionic vs A13 Bionic
We compared two 6-core processors: Apple A15 Bionic (with Apple A15 GPU graphics) and A13 Bionic (Apple A13 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 A15 Bionic
- Performs 2.7x better in floating-point computations
- Shows significantly better (up to 56%) AnTuTu 10 score – 1289K vs 825K
- Has a smaller size transistor (5 versus 7 nm)
- Announced 2-years and 1-month later
- 22% higher CPU clock speed (3230 vs 2650 MHz)
- Higher GPU frequency (~9%)
- Better instruction set architecture
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Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 10
CPU | 308595 | 163616 |
GPU | 391360 | 304908 |
Memory | 194775 | 133519 |
UX | 382905 | 221224 |
Total score | 1289546 | 825230 |
GeekBench 6
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
Asset compression | 203.3 MB/sec | 147.7 MB/sec |
HTML 5 Browser | 124.4 pages/sec | 87.5 pages/sec |
PDF Renderer | 143.5 Mpixels/sec | 104.2 Mpixels/sec |
Image detection | 130 images/sec | 74 images/sec |
HDR | 169.9 Mpixels/sec | 125.4 Mpixels/sec |
Background blur | 22.2 images/sec | 14.3 images/sec |
Photo processing | 60.2 images/sec | 39.3 images/sec |
Ray tracing | 5.93 Mpixels/sec | 4.6 Mpixels/sec |
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3DMark
3DMark Wild Life Performance
Stability | 78% | 72% |
Graphics test | 52 FPS | 45 FPS |
Score | 8702 | 7532 |
Gaming
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.
Specifications
Full list of technical specifications of A15 Bionic and A13 BionicCPU
Architecture | 2x 3.23 GHz – Avalanche 4x 2.02 GHz – Blizzard |
2x 2.65 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
Cores | 6 | 6 |
Frequency | 3230 MHz | 2650 MHz |
Instruction set | ARMv8.5-A | ARMv8.4-A |
L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
L2 cache | 12 MB | 8 MB |
Process | 5 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
Transistor count | 15 billion | 8.5 billion |
TDP | 6 W | 6 W |
Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
Graphics
GPU name | Apple A15 GPU | Apple A13 GPU |
Architecture | Apple GPU | Apple GPU |
GPU frequency | 1338 MHz | 1230 MHz |
Execution units | 5 | 4 |
Shading units | 128 | 64 |
Total shaders | 640 | 256 |
FLOPS | 1712.6 Gigaflops | 629.8 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 | 6 GB | 4 GB |
Multimedia (ISP)
Neural processor (NPU) | Neural Engine | Neural Engine |
Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
Max display resolution | 2732 x 2048 | 2688 x 1242 |
Video capture | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video playback | 4K at 60FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
Video codecs | H.264, H.265, VP8, VP9, 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, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
4G support | LTE Cat. 24 | LTE Cat. 18 |
5G support | Yes | No |
Download speed | Up to 7500 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
Upload speed | Up to 3000 Mbps | Up to 350 Mbps |
Wi-Fi | 6 | 6 |
Bluetooth | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo, QZSS | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo |
Info
Announced | September 2021 | September 2019 |
Class | Flagship | Flagship |
Model number | APL1W07 | - |
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