Apple A9 vs A13 Bionic
We compared the 2-core Apple A9 (PowerVR 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 more cores
- Announced 4-years and 1-month later
- Shows significantly better (up to 2.8x) AnTuTu 8 score – 471K vs 168K
- Has a smaller size transistor (7 versus 14 nm)
- 44% higher CPU clock speed (2660 vs 1850 MHz)
- Better instruction set architecture
Benchmarks
Performance tests in popular benchmarksAnTuTu 8
| CPU | 70699 | 150992 |
| GPU | 36687 | 218713 |
| Memory | 31959 | 79312 |
| UX | 35338 | 12628 |
| Total score | 168989 | 471964 |
GeekBench 5
Single-Core Score
Multi-Core Score
| Image compression | 53.4 Mpixels/s | 151.6 Mpixels/s |
| Face detection | 9.04 images/s | 29.65 images/s |
| Speech recognition | 21.9 words/s | 87.4 words/s |
| Machine learning | 26.3 images/s | 72.5 images/s |
| Camera shooting | 12.2 images/s | 33.75 images/s |
| HTML 5 | 1.34 Mnodes/s | 3.81 Mnodes/s |
| SQLite | 313 Krows/s | 901.1 Krows/s |
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 Apple A9 and A13 BionicCPU
| 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 |
| TDP | 5 W | 6 W |
Graphics
| GPU name | PowerVR GT7600 | Apple A13 Bionic GPU |
| Architecture | Rogue | - |
| GPU frequency | 650 MHz | - |
| Execution units | 6 | 4 |
| Shading units | 192 | - |
| FLOPS | - | 736 Gigaflops |
| 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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