Apple A9 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 2-core Apple A9 (PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600) with the newer 6-core A13 Bionic (Apple A13 Bionic GPU) 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/Vulcan
Battery life
Efficiency of battery consumption
NanoReview Score
Overall chip score
Key Differences
Pros of Apple A13 Bionic
- Has 4 cores more
- Announced 4 years and 1 month later
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.8x) AnTuTu 8 score – 474K vs 166K
- Has the smaller size of the transistor (7 versus 14 nm)
- 44% higher CPU clock speed (2660 vs 1850 MHz)
- Compatible with the latest DirectX 12.1
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Geekbench 5 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 5 (Multi-Core)
AnTuTu Benchmark 8
Specifications
CPU
| Architecture | 2x 1.85 GHz – Twister | 2x 2.66 GHz – Lightning 4x 1.6 GHz – Thunder |
| Cores | 2 | 6 |
| Frequency | 1850 MHz | 2660 MHz |
| Instruction set | ARMv8-A | ARMv8.3-A |
| L1 cache | - | 48 KB |
| L2 cache | 3 MB | 4 MB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB | - |
| Process | 14 nanometers | 7 nanometers |
| Transistor count | 2 billion | 8.5 billion |
Graphics
| GPU name | PowerVR Series 7XT GT7600 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Rogue | - |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | - |
| Cores | 6 | 4 |
| Number of ALUs | 192 | - |
| Vulkan version | 1.1 | 1.1 |
| OpenCL version | 1.2 | 2.1 |
| DirectX version | 11 | 12.1 |
Memory
| Memory type | LPDDR4 | LPDDR4X |
| Memory frequency | 1333 MHz | - |
| Bus | 2x 32 Bit | 2x 32 Bit |
| Max bandwidth | 14.9 Gbit/s | - |
| Max size | 4 GB | - |
Multimedia (ISP)
| Neural processor (NPU) | No | Yes, Neural Engine |
| Storage type | NVMe | NVMe |
| Max display resolution | 1920 x 1080 | 2688 x 1242 |
| Max camera resolution | 1x 32MP, 2x 12MP | - |
| Video capture | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video playback | 4K at 30FPS | 4K at 60FPS |
| Video codecs | H.264, H.265 | H.264, H.265, Motion JPEG |
| Audio codecs | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV | AAC, AIFF, CAF, MP3, MP4, WAV, AC-3, E-AC-3, AAX, AAX+ |
Connectivity
| Modem | Qualcomm MDM9635M | - |
| 4G support | LTE Cat. 6 | LTE Cat. 18 |
| 5G support | No | No |
| Download speed | Up to 450 Mbps | Up to 1200 Mbps |
| Upload speed | Up to 150 Mbps | Up to 220 Mbps |
| Wi-Fi | 4 | 6 |
| Bluetooth | 4.2 | 5.0 |
| Navigation | GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo |
Info
| Announced | September 2015 | September 2019 |
| Class | Flagship | Flagship |
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